Reordered code a little.

macosx/BarButton.m

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 @interface BarButton (Private)
 
-- (void) setText;
+- (void) createButtons;
 
 @end
 
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@
         fEnabled = NO;
         fTrackingTag = 0;
         
+        [self createButtons];
+        
+        [self setImage: fButtonNormal];
+        [self setAlternateImage: fButtonPressed];
+        
+        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver: self selector: @selector(resetBounds:)
+                    name: NSViewBoundsDidChangeNotification object: nil];
+	}
+	return self;
+}
+
+//call only once
+- (void) createButtons
+{
     NSSize buttonSize = [self frame].size;
     fButtonNormal = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize: buttonSize];
     fButtonNormalDim = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize: buttonSize];
@@ -99,20 +113,7 @@
     //selected and dimmed button
     fButtonSelectedDim = [fButtonSelected copy];
 
-        [self setText];
-        
-        [self setImage: fButtonNormal];
-        [self setAlternateImage: fButtonPressed];
-        
-        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver: self selector: @selector(resetBounds:)
-                    name: NSViewBoundsDidChangeNotification object: nil];
-	}
-	return self;
-}
-
-//call only once to avoid overlapping text
-- (void) setText
-{
+    //create button text
     NSString * text = [self title];
 
     NSFont * boldFont = [[NSFontManager sharedFontManager] convertFont:
@@ -154,8 +155,7 @@
                 shadowHighlighted, NSShadowAttributeName, nil];
     
     NSSize textSizeNormal = [text sizeWithAttributes: normalAttributes],
-            textSizeBold = [text sizeWithAttributes: highlightedAttributes],
-            buttonSize = [self frame].size;
+            textSizeBold = [text sizeWithAttributes: highlightedAttributes];
     
     NSRect textRect = NSMakeRect((buttonSize.width - textSizeNormal.width) * 0.5,
             (buttonSize.height - textSizeNormal.height) * 0.5 + 1.5, textSizeNormal.width, textSizeNormal.height);