diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvas.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvas.js
index d12b63f3dc..bf136ec0cd 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvas.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvas.js
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ goog.provide('ol.render.canvas');
 goog.require('ol.color');
 
 
+/**
+ * @const {string}
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.defaultFont = '10px sans-serif';
+
+
 /**
  * @const {ol.Color}
  */
@@ -39,6 +45,18 @@ ol.render.canvas.defaultMiterLimit = 10;
 ol.render.canvas.defaultStrokeStyle = ol.color.fromString('black');
 
 
+/**
+ * @const {string}
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.defaultTextAlign = 'start';
+
+
+/**
+ * @const {string}
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.defaultTextBaseline = 'alphabetic';
+
+
 /**
  * @const {number}
  */
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
index ff6b3d3ceb..55d143e279 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
@@ -452,11 +452,11 @@ ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.setTextStyle = function(textStyle) {
   if (!ol.style.Text.equals(state.textStyle, textStyle)) {
     if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(textStyle)) {
       context.font = goog.isDef(textStyle.font) ?
-          textStyle.font : '10px sans-serif';
+          textStyle.font : ol.render.canvas.defaultFont;
       context.textAlign = goog.isDef(textStyle.textAlign) ?
-          textStyle.textAlign : 'start';
+          textStyle.textAlign : ol.render.canvas.defaultTextAlign;
       context.textBaseline = goog.isDef(textStyle.textBaseline) ?
-          textStyle.textBaseline : 'alphabetic';
+          textStyle.textBaseline : ol.render.canvas.defaultTextBaseline;
     }
     state.textStyle = textStyle;
   }