diff --git a/include/wx/font.h b/include/wx/font.h
index f0e4473fe0..a022aba730 100644
--- a/include/wx/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/font.h
@@ -246,6 +246,27 @@ public:
         return f;
     }
 
+    // Another helper for converting arbitrary numeric weight to the closest
+    // value of wxFontWeight enum. It should be avoided in the new code (also
+    // note that the function for the conversion in the other direction is
+    // trivial and so is not provided, we only have GetNumericWeightOf() which
+    // contains backwards compatibility hacks, but we don't need it here).
+    static wxFontWeight GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(int numWeight)
+    {
+        wxASSERT(numWeight > 0);
+        wxASSERT(numWeight <= 1000);
+
+        // round to nearest hundredth = wxFONTWEIGHT_ constant
+        int weight = ((numWeight + 50) / 100) * 100;
+
+        if (weight < wxFONTWEIGHT_THIN)
+            weight = wxFONTWEIGHT_THIN;
+        if (weight > wxFONTWEIGHT_MAX)
+            weight = wxFONTWEIGHT_MAX;
+
+        return static_cast<wxFontWeight>(weight);
+    }
+
 private:
     void Init()
     {
@@ -444,7 +465,6 @@ public:
 
     // Convert between symbolic and numeric font weights.
     static int GetNumericWeightOf(wxFontWeight weight);
-    static wxFontWeight GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(int numWeight);
 
     // this doesn't do anything and is kept for compatibility only
 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
diff --git a/interface/wx/font.h b/interface/wx/font.h
index 13dcde5492..287c65f16e 100644
--- a/interface/wx/font.h
+++ b/interface/wx/font.h
@@ -428,6 +428,18 @@ public:
         See ::wxFontFlag for the various flags that can be used.
      */
     wxFontInfo& AllFlags(int flags);
+
+    /**
+        Get the symbolic weight closest to the given raw weight value.
+
+        @param numWeight
+            A valid raw weight value, i.e. a value in the range 1 to 1000,
+            inclusive.
+        @return A valid element of wxFontWeight enum.
+
+        @since 3.1.2
+     */
+    static wxFontWeight GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(int numWeight);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1244,18 +1256,6 @@ public:
      */
     static int GetNumericWeightOf(wxFontWeight weight);
 
-    /**
-        Get the symbolic weight closest to the given raw weight value.
-
-        @param numWeight
-            A valid raw weight value, i.e. a value in the range 1 to 1000,
-            inclusive.
-        @return A valid element of wxFontWeight enum.
-
-        @since 3.1.2
-     */
-    static wxFontWeight GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(int numWeight);
-
     //@{
     /**
         This function takes the same parameters as the relative
diff --git a/src/common/fontcmn.cpp b/src/common/fontcmn.cpp
index 998c3c1caa..bd279a46fb 100644
--- a/src/common/fontcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fontcmn.cpp
@@ -258,26 +258,6 @@ int wxFontBase::GetNumericWeightOf(wxFontWeight weight)
     return weight;
 }
 
-// As its name indicates, this function returns the closest wxFontWeight enum
-// element, even if its value doesn't correspond to the given weight exactly.
-/* static */
-wxFontWeight wxFontBase::GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(int numWeight)
-{
-    wxASSERT(numWeight > 0);
-    wxASSERT(numWeight <= 1000);
-
-    // round to nearest hundredth = wxFONTWEIGHT_ constant
-    int weight = ((numWeight + 50) / 100) * 100;
-
-    if (weight < wxFONTWEIGHT_THIN)
-        weight = wxFONTWEIGHT_THIN;
-    if (weight > wxFONTWEIGHT_MAX)
-        weight = wxFONTWEIGHT_MAX;
-
-    return static_cast<wxFontWeight>(weight);
-}
-
-
 int wxFontBase::GetPointSize() const
 {
     return wxFontInfo::ToIntPointSize(GetFractionalPointSize());
@@ -295,7 +275,7 @@ wxFontWeight wxFontBase::GetWeight() const
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( IsOk(), wxFONTWEIGHT_MAX, "invalid font" );
 
-    return GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(GetNumericWeight());
+    return wxFontInfo::GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(GetNumericWeight());
 }
 
 bool wxFontBase::IsUsingSizeInPixels() const
@@ -1324,7 +1304,7 @@ bool wxNativeFontInfo::FromUserString(const wxString& s)
 
 wxFontWeight wxNativeFontInfo::GetWeight() const
 {
-    return wxFontBase::GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(GetNumericWeight());
+    return wxFontInfo::GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(GetNumericWeight());
 }
 
 void wxNativeFontInfo::SetWeight(wxFontWeight weight)
diff --git a/src/unix/fontutil.cpp b/src/unix/fontutil.cpp
index 54df3a3a0c..ca365f5084 100644
--- a/src/unix/fontutil.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/fontutil.cpp
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ void wxNativeFontInfo::SetStyle(wxFontStyle style)
 void wxNativeFontInfo::SetNumericWeight(int weight)
 {
     wxString s;
-    switch ( wxFont::GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(weight) )
+    switch ( wxFontInfo::GetWeightClosestToNumericValue(weight) )
     {
         case wxFONTWEIGHT_THIN:
             s = "thin";