diff --git a/wezterm/src/font/locator/font_loader.rs b/wezterm/src/font/locator/font_loader.rs
index e657af696..8af09b7ba 100644
--- a/wezterm/src/font/locator/font_loader.rs
+++ b/wezterm/src/font/locator/font_loader.rs
@@ -45,8 +45,16 @@ impl FontLocator for FontLoaderFontLocator {
                     index: index as u32,
                     name: font_attr.family.clone(),
                 };
-                fonts.push(handle);
-                loaded.insert(font_attr.clone());
+
+                // The system may just decide to give us its fallback,
+                // eg: Consolas, so we need to parse the returned font
+                // here to see if we got what we asked for.
+                if let Ok(parsed) = crate::font::parser::ParsedFont::from_locator(&handle) {
+                    if crate::font::parser::font_info_matches(font_attr, parsed.names()) {
+                        fonts.push(handle);
+                        loaded.insert(font_attr.clone());
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
         Ok(fonts)
diff --git a/wezterm/src/font/parser.rs b/wezterm/src/font/parser.rs
index 5e3c11749..aa1e7cc9e 100644
--- a/wezterm/src/font/parser.rs
+++ b/wezterm/src/font/parser.rs
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ fn collect_font_info(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn font_info_matches(attr: &FontAttributes, names: &Names) -> bool {
+pub fn font_info_matches(attr: &FontAttributes, names: &Names) -> bool {
     if attr.family == names.full_name {
         true
     } else if let Some(fam) = names.family.as_ref() {
@@ -473,9 +473,10 @@ fn font_info_matches(attr: &FontAttributes, names: &Names) -> bool {
         // this is a pretty rough approximation
         if attr.family == *fam {
             match names.sub_family.as_ref().map(String::as_str) {
-                Some("Italic") if attr.italic => true,
-                Some("Bold") if attr.bold => true,
-                Some("Regular") | None => true,
+                Some("Italic") if attr.italic && !attr.bold => true,
+                Some("Bold") if attr.bold && !attr.italic => true,
+                Some("Bold Italic") if attr.bold && attr.italic => true,
+                Some("Regular") | None if !attr.italic && !attr.bold => true,
                 _ => false,
             }
         } else {