diff --git a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgpreflibrary.cpp b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgpreflibrary.cpp
index c5151d87a785..efc730178bfe 100644
--- a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgpreflibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgpreflibrary.cpp
@@ -595,11 +595,39 @@ void DlgPrefLibrary::slotRowHeightValueChanged(int height) {
 }
 
 void DlgPrefLibrary::setLibraryFont(const QFont& font) {
-    lineEdit_library_font->setText(
-            QString("%1 %2 %3pt")
-                    .arg(font.family(),
-                            font.styleName(),
-                            QString::number(font.pointSizeF())));
+    // Update the font name/style/size display
+    QString fontDescription = font.family();
+    const QString style = font.styleName();
+    if (!style.isEmpty()) {
+        // Use the style name if available, likely it's translated
+        fontDescription += ' ' + style;
+    } else {
+        // Else we compose the "style" string from weight and italic.
+        // It's not possible to access the translations used in QFontDialog,
+        // but let's can add them to the user translations
+        const auto weight = font.weight();
+        if (weight >= QFont::Bold) {
+            if (weight >= QFont::Black) {
+                fontDescription += ' ' + tr("Black");
+            } else if (weight >= QFont::ExtraBold) {
+                fontDescription += ' ' + tr("ExtraBold");
+            } else if (weight >= QFont::Bold) {
+                fontDescription += ' ' + tr("Bold");
+            }
+        } else if (weight >= QFont::DemiBold) {
+            fontDescription += ' ' + tr("SemiBold");
+        } else if (weight >= QFont::Medium) {
+            fontDescription += ' ' + tr("Medium");
+        } else if (weight >= QFont::Normal) {
+            // Skip "Normal" as it's implied
+        } else {
+            fontDescription += ' ' + tr("Light");
+        }
+    }
+    fontDescription += ' ' + QString::number(font.pointSizeF()) + QStringLiteral("pt");
+    lineEdit_library_font->setText(fontDescription);
+
+    // Apply the font
     m_pLibrary->setFont(font);
 
     // Don't let the font height exceed the row height.