Default fixed-width font in Qt

Question

Is there a cross-platform way of getting the user's preferred fixed-width and proportional fonts in Qt?

For example, in Cocoa, there is

NSFont *proportional = [NSFont userFontOfSize:12.0f];
NSFont *fixed_width = [NSFont userFixedPitchFontOfSize:12.0f];

I would like to find an equivalent in Qt that works in Mac, Linux, and Windows.

I think these should help: [Specify font](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1468022/how-to-specify-monospace-fonts-for-cross-platform-qt-applications) and [Check if fixed width](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10977259/qt-fixed-width-font) — Matthew, Jul 13 '12 at 20:46
@Matthew: almost. They will get a fixed font, but not the system default. For example, on my Mac, the default fixed font is Monaco, but using `QFont font("Monospace"); font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);` gets me Courier. — squidpickles, Jul 16 '12 at 19:31

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '14 at 19:23

Using QFontDatabase's systemFont(..) function, you can retrieve

Example:

const QFont fixedFont = QFontDatabase::systemFont(QFontDatabase::FixedFont)

Introduced in Qt 5.2

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