diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
index 09716f9a5..92ea9dd4d 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
@@ -1511,6 +1511,18 @@ void NppParameters::setFontList(HWND hWnd)
 	::EnumFontFamiliesEx(hDC, &lf, EnumFontFamExProc, (LPARAM)&_fontlist, 0);
 }
 
+bool NppParameters::isInFontList(const generic_string fontName2Search) const
+{
+	if (fontName2Search.empty())
+		return false;
+
+	for (size_t i = 0, len = _fontlist.size(); i < len; i++)
+	{
+		if (_fontlist[i] == fontName2Search)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
 
 void NppParameters::getLangKeywordsFromXmlTree()
 {
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
index 282cf51d7..852f27f21 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
@@ -1366,6 +1366,7 @@ public:
 	void setCurLineHilitingColour(COLORREF colour2Set);
 
 	void setFontList(HWND hWnd);
+	bool isInFontList(const generic_string fontName2Search) const;
 	const std::vector<generic_string>& getFontList() const { return _fontlist; }
 
 	int getNbUserLang() const {return _nbUserLang;}
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
index 2263370bf..9afd51545 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ LRESULT ScintillaEditView::scintillaNew_Proc(HWND hwnd, UINT Message, WPARAM wPa
 	return _callWindowProc(_scintillaDefaultProc, hwnd, Message, wParam, lParam);
 }
 
+#define DEFAULT_FONT_NAME "Courier New"
 
 void ScintillaEditView::setSpecialStyle(const Style & styleToSet)
 {
@@ -441,8 +442,16 @@ void ScintillaEditView::setSpecialStyle(const Style & styleToSet)
     if (styleToSet._fontName && lstrcmp(styleToSet._fontName, TEXT("")) != 0)
 	{
 		WcharMbcsConvertor *wmc = WcharMbcsConvertor::getInstance();
-		const char * fontNameA = wmc->wchar2char(styleToSet._fontName, CP_UTF8);
-		execute(SCI_STYLESETFONT, (WPARAM)styleID, (LPARAM)fontNameA);
+
+		if (not _pParameter->isInFontList(styleToSet._fontName))
+		{
+			execute(SCI_STYLESETFONT, (WPARAM)styleID, (LPARAM)DEFAULT_FONT_NAME);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			const char * fontNameA = wmc->wchar2char(styleToSet._fontName, CP_UTF8);
+			execute(SCI_STYLESETFONT, (WPARAM)styleID, (LPARAM)fontNameA);
+		}
 	}
 	int fontStyle = styleToSet._fontStyle;
     if (fontStyle != STYLE_NOT_USED)