diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df513e2c4..0557940f3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
 
 IF(WIN32)
     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE)
     #needed for net plugin
     SET (OSG_SOCKET_LIBS wsock32.lib)
     # Both Cygwin and Msys need -DNOMINMAX ???
diff --git a/src/osgText/Font.cpp b/src/osgText/Font.cpp
index a674a6ea1..f121cba75 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Font.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Font.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Font::Font(FontImplementation* implementation):
     char *ptr;
     if( (ptr = getenv("OSG_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE")) != 0)
     {
-        GLint osg_max_size = atoi(ptr);
+        unsigned int osg_max_size = atoi(ptr);
 
         if (osg_max_size<_textureWidthHint) _textureWidthHint = osg_max_size;
         if (osg_max_size<_textureHeightHint) _textureHeightHint = osg_max_size;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void Font::setTextureSizeHint(unsigned int width,unsigned int height)
     char *ptr;
     if( (ptr = getenv("OSG_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE")) != 0)
     {
-        GLint osg_max_size = atoi(ptr);
+        unsigned int osg_max_size = atoi(ptr);
 
         if (osg_max_size<_textureWidthHint) _textureWidthHint = osg_max_size;
         if (osg_max_size<_textureHeightHint) _textureHeightHint = osg_max_size;