diff --git a/docs/doxygen/overviews/xrc_format.h b/docs/doxygen/overviews/xrc_format.h
index 1dea97dfbb..3dbe40ef15 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/overviews/xrc_format.h
+++ b/docs/doxygen/overviews/xrc_format.h
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ and can be one of the following "sub-properties":
 @row3col{weight, enum,
     One of "normal", "bold" or "light" (default: normal).}
 @row3col{family, enum,
-    One of "roman", "script", "decorative", "swiss", "modern" or "teletype"
-    (default: roman).}
+    One of "default", "roman", "script", "decorative", "swiss", "modern" or "teletype"
+    (default: default).}
 @row3col{underlined, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bool,
     Whether the font should be underlined (default: 0).}
 @row3col{face, ,
diff --git a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index 601dab6e3f..3c5e991371 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -2285,7 +2285,8 @@ wxFont wxXmlResourceHandlerImpl::GetFont(const wxString& param, wxWindow* parent
     if (hasFamily)
     {
         wxString family = GetParamValue(wxT("family"));
-        if (family == wxT("decorative")) ifamily = wxFONTFAMILY_DECORATIVE;
+        if (family == wxT("default")) ifamily = wxFONTFAMILY_DEFAULT;
+        else if (family == wxT("decorative")) ifamily = wxFONTFAMILY_DECORATIVE;
         else if (family == wxT("roman")) ifamily = wxFONTFAMILY_ROMAN;
         else if (family == wxT("script")) ifamily = wxFONTFAMILY_SCRIPT;
         else if (family == wxT("swiss")) ifamily = wxFONTFAMILY_SWISS;