diff --git a/src/ifcviewer/OverlayRenderer.cpp b/src/ifcviewer/OverlayRenderer.cpp
index 3dc9bb7866..5f33629c6b 100644
--- a/src/ifcviewer/OverlayRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcviewer/OverlayRenderer.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "OverlayRenderer.h"
 
 #include <QFont>
+#include <QFontDatabase>
 #include <QFontMetrics>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QtGlobal>
@@ -58,6 +59,13 @@ GLuint link(QOpenGLFunctions_4_5_Core* gl, GLuint vs, GLuint fs) {
     return p;
 }
 
+QFont overlayTextFont(int point_size) {
+    QFont font = QFontDatabase::systemFont(QFontDatabase::FixedFont);
+    font.setPointSize(point_size);
+    font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
+    return font;
+}
+
 // ---- Triangle program (flat color) ----
 
 const char* TRI_VS = R"(
@@ -620,10 +628,8 @@ void OverlayRenderer::render(const float view_proj[16],
     const bool any_painter = !hud_text_.isEmpty() || !labels_.empty();
     if (!any_painter) return;
 
-    QFont label_font("monospace", 9);
-    label_font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
-    QFont hud_font("monospace", 11);
-    hud_font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
+    QFont label_font = overlayTextFont(9);
+    QFont hud_font = overlayTextFont(11);
     const QFontMetrics lfm(label_font);
     const QFontMetrics hfm(hud_font);