diff --git a/novelwriter/common.py b/novelwriter/common.py
index 83a364bf..f03fa823 100644
--- a/novelwriter/common.py
+++ b/novelwriter/common.py
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ def fontMatcher(font: QFont) -> QFont:
     default Qt font matching algorithm doesn't handle well changing
     application fonts at runtime.
     """
+    font.setStyleName(None)  # Make sure no font style name is set from config, see #2502
     info = QFontInfo(font)
     if (famRequest := font.family()) != (famActual := info.family()):
         logger.warning("Font mismatch: Requested '%s', but got '%s'", famRequest, famActual)