Text properties font change doesn't work (0.9.6)

Steps to reproduce bug
1. Open promenade demo (or any score with text)
2. Right-click on the title text and choose "Text Properties"
3. Change the font to something other than the default
4. Press OK

Expected behavior: Font of title should change to the one you just selected

Actual behavior: Nothing happens

MuseScore version: r. 2642

(Operating System: Windows XP)

first reported by LeBeginner: http://musescore.org/node/4207