diff --git modules/field/modules/number/number.module modules/field/modules/number/number.module
index 45ea954..a237e83 100644
--- modules/field/modules/number/number.module
+++ modules/field/modules/number/number.module
@@ -20,6 +20,29 @@ function number_help($path, $arg) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Default number settings
+ *
+ * @param string $number_type
+ *   The type of this number field, such as
+ *   'number_integer' or 'number_decimal'.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   An array of default field settings.
+ *
+ * @todo Should be locale-dependent.
+ */
+function number_settings_defaults($number_type) {
+  static $common_defaults = array(  
+    'thousand_separator' => ' ',
+    'decimal_separator' => '.',
+    'prefix_suffix' => TRUE,
+  );
+  return $common_defaults + (($number_type == 'number_integer') ?
+    array('scale' => 0 ) :
+    array('scale' => 2, 'precision' => 10));
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_field_info().
  */
 function number_field_info() {
@@ -27,6 +50,7 @@ function number_field_info() {
     'number_integer' => array(
       'label' => t('Integer'),
       'description' => t('This field stores a number in the database as an integer.'),
+      'settings' => number_settings_defaults('number_integer'),
       'instance_settings' => array('min' => '', 'max' => '', 'prefix' => '', 'suffix' => ''),
       'default_widget' => 'number',
       'default_formatter' => 'number_integer',
@@ -34,7 +58,7 @@ function number_field_info() {
     'number_decimal' => array(
       'label' => t('Decimal'),
       'description' => t('This field stores a number in the database in a fixed decimal format.'),
-      'settings' => array('precision' => 10, 'scale' => 2, 'decimal_separator' => '.'),
+      'settings' => number_settings_defaults('number_decimal'),
       'instance_settings' => array('min' => '', 'max' => '', 'prefix' => '', 'suffix' => ''),
       'default_widget' => 'number',
       'default_formatter' => 'number_decimal',
@@ -185,26 +209,17 @@ function number_field_formatter_info() {
     'number_integer' => array(
       'label' => t('Default'),
       'field types' => array('number_integer'),
-      'settings' =>  array(
-        'thousand_separator' => ' ',
-        'decimal_separator' => '.',
-        'scale' => 0,
-        'prefix_suffix' => TRUE,
-      ),
+      'settings' =>  number_settings_defaults('number_integer'),
     ),
     'number_decimal' => array(
       'label' => t('Default'),
       'field types' => array('number_decimal', 'number_float'),
-      'settings' =>  array(
-        'thousand_separator' => ' ',
-        'decimal_separator' => '.',
-        'scale' => 2,
-        'prefix_suffix' => TRUE,
-      ),
+      'settings' =>  number_settings_defaults('number_decimal'),
     ),
     'number_unformatted' => array(
       'label' => t('Unformatted'),
       'field types' => array('number_integer', 'number_decimal', 'number_float'),
+      'settings' => number_settings_defaults('number_integer'),
     ),
   );
 }
@@ -214,7 +229,8 @@ function number_field_formatter_info() {
  */
 function number_field_formatter_settings_form($field, $instance, $view_mode, $form, &$form_state) {
   $display = $instance['display'][$view_mode];
-  $settings = $display['settings'];
+  $display += array('settings' => array());
+  $settings = $display['settings'] + number_settings_defaults($display['type']);
 
   $options = array(
     ''  => t('<none>'),
@@ -258,8 +274,8 @@ function number_field_formatter_settings_form($field, $instance, $view_mode, $fo
  * Implements hook_field_formatter_settings_summary().
  */
 function number_field_formatter_settings_summary($field, $instance, $view_mode) {
-  $display = $instance['display'][$view_mode];
-  $settings = $display['settings'];
+  $display = $instance['display'][$view_mode] + array('settings' => array());
+  $settings = $display['settings'] + number_settings_defaults('number_integer');
 
   $summary = array();
   $summary[] = number_format(1234.1234567890, $settings['scale'], $settings['decimal_separator'], $settings['thousand_separator']);
@@ -275,7 +291,8 @@ function number_field_formatter_settings_summary($field, $instance, $view_mode)
  */
 function number_field_formatter_view($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $langcode, $items, $display) {
   $element = array();
-  $settings = $display['settings'];
+  $display += array('settings' => array());
+  $settings = $display['settings'] + number_settings_defaults('number_integer');
 
   switch ($display['type']) {
     case 'number_integer':