Update font description and add native font dialog setting to config

novelwriter/common.py

@@ -405,7 +405,9 @@ def describeFont(font: QFont) -> str:
     """Describe a font in a way that can be displayed on the GUI."""
     if isinstance(font, QFont):
         info = QFontInfo(font)
-        return f"{font.family()} {info.styleName()} @ {font.pointSize()} pt"
+        family = info.family()
+        styles = [v for v in info.styleName().split() if v not in family]
+        return " ".join([f"{info.pointSize()} pt", family] + styles)
     return "Error"
 
 

novelwriter/config.py

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Config:
         self.hideVScroll  = False            # Hide vertical scroll bars on main widgets
         self.hideHScroll  = False            # Hide horizontal scroll bars on main widgets
         self.lastNotes    = "0x0"            # The latest release notes that have been shown
-        self.nativeFont   = False            # Use native font dialog
+        self.nativeFont   = True             # Use native font dialog
 
         # Size Settings
         self._mainWinSize  = [1200, 650]     # Last size of the main GUI window
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ class Config:
         self.hideVScroll = conf.rdBool(sec, "hidevscroll", self.hideVScroll)
         self.hideHScroll = conf.rdBool(sec, "hidehscroll", self.hideHScroll)
         self.lastNotes   = conf.rdStr(sec, "lastnotes", self.lastNotes)
+        self.nativeFont  = conf.rdBool(sec, "nativefont", self.nativeFont)
         self._lastPath   = conf.rdPath(sec, "lastpath", self._lastPath)
 
         # Sizes
@@ -708,6 +709,7 @@ class Config:
             "hidevscroll":  str(self.hideVScroll),
             "hidehscroll":  str(self.hideHScroll),
             "lastnotes":    str(self.lastNotes),
+            "nativefont":   str(self.nativeFont),
             "lastpath":     str(self._lastPath),
         }
 

tests/reference/baseConfig_novelwriter.conf

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ localisation = en_GB
 hidevscroll = False
 hidehscroll = False
 lastnotes = 0x0
+nativefont = True
 lastpath = 
 
 [Sizes]

tests/test_base/test_base_common.py

@@ -492,7 +492,8 @@ def testBaseCommon_describeFont():
     """Test the describeFont function."""
     fontDB = QFontDatabase()
     font = fontDB.systemFont(QFontDatabase.SystemFont.GeneralFont)
-    assert font.family() in describeFont(font)
+    font.setPointSize(12)
+    assert describeFont(font).startswith("12 pt")
     assert describeFont(None) == "Error"  # type: ignore