diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
index c39415d592..882e72e0a2 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ AppearancePrefView::AppearancePrefView(BRect frame, const char *name,
 	BRect r(5, 5, 261, 25);
 
 	BMenu *menu = _MakeFontMenu(MSG_HALF_FONT_CHANGED,
-		PrefHandler::Default()->getString(PREF_HALF_FONT_FAMILY));
+		PrefHandler::Default()->getString(PREF_HALF_FONT_FAMILY),
+		PrefHandler::Default()->getString(PREF_HALF_FONT_STYLE));
 	fFont = new BMenuField(r, "font", "Font:", menu);
 	fFont->SetDivider(colorDividerSize);
 	fFont->SetAlignment(B_ALIGN_RIGHT);
@@ -227,7 +228,8 @@ IsFontUsable(const BFont &font)
 
 
 BMenu *
-AppearancePrefView::_MakeFontMenu(uint32 command, const char *defaultFontName)
+AppearancePrefView::_MakeFontMenu(uint32 command,
+	const char *defaultFamily, const char *defaultStyle)
 {
 	BPopUpMenu *menu = new BPopUpMenu("");
 	int32 numFamilies = count_font_families();
@@ -252,7 +254,8 @@ AppearancePrefView::_MakeFontMenu(uint32 command, const char *defaultFontName)
 						BMenuItem *item = new BMenuItem(itemLabel,
 							message);
 						menu->AddItem(item);
-						if (!strcmp(defaultFontName, family))
+						if (!strcmp(defaultFamily, family)
+							&& !strcmp(defaultStyle, style))
 							item->SetMarked(true);
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.h b/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.h
index 950417fbdb..238bf90e96 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.h
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.h
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class AppearancePrefView : public PrefView {
 		virtual void	GetPreferredSize(float *_width, float *_height);
 
 	private:
-		BMenu*			_MakeFontMenu(uint32 command, const char *defaultFont);
+		BMenu*			_MakeFontMenu(uint32 command, const char *defaultFamily,
+						const char *defaultStyle);
 		BMenu*			_MakeSizeMenu(uint32 command, uint8 defaultSize);
 
 		BMenuField		*fFont;
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/PrefHandler.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/PrefHandler.cpp
index 6518585b58..804585e5cf 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/PrefHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/PrefHandler.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static const pref_defaults kTermDefaults[] = {
 	{ PREF_ROWS,				"25" },
 
 	{ PREF_HALF_FONT_FAMILY,	"Courier10 BT" },
+	{ PREF_HALF_FONT_STYLE,		"Regular" },
 	{ PREF_HALF_FONT_SIZE,		"12" },
 
 	{ PREF_TEXT_FORE_COLOR,		"  0,   0,   0" },