diff --git a/sources/editor/graphicspart/partdynamictextfield.cpp b/sources/editor/graphicspart/partdynamictextfield.cpp
index eea11ae89..f8dece784 100644
--- a/sources/editor/graphicspart/partdynamictextfield.cpp
+++ b/sources/editor/graphicspart/partdynamictextfield.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void PartDynamicTextField::fromXml(const QDomElement &dom_elmt) {
 
 	if (dom_elmt.hasAttribute("font")) {
 		QFont font_;
-		font_.fromString(dom_elmt.attribute("font"));
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font_, dom_elmt.attribute("font"));
 		setFont(font_);
 	}
 	else if (dom_elmt.hasAttribute("font_size")) {
diff --git a/sources/editor/graphicspart/parttext.cpp b/sources/editor/graphicspart/parttext.cpp
index 3b6cc8e6e..7f4112d86 100644
--- a/sources/editor/graphicspart/parttext.cpp
+++ b/sources/editor/graphicspart/parttext.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void PartText::fromXml(const QDomElement &xml_element) {
 	}
 	else if (xml_element.hasAttribute("font")) {
 		QFont font_;
-		font_.fromString(xml_element.attribute("font"));
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font_, xml_element.attribute("font"));
 		setFont(font_);
 	}
 
diff --git a/sources/factory/elementpicturefactory.cpp b/sources/factory/elementpicturefactory.cpp
index a9b9c2bc7..25c3b133a 100644
--- a/sources/factory/elementpicturefactory.cpp
+++ b/sources/factory/elementpicturefactory.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "../editor/graphicspart/partline.h"
 #include "../qetapp.h"
 #include "../qetversion.h"
+#include "../utils/qetutils.h"
 
 #include <QAbstractTextDocumentLayout>
 #include <QDomElement>
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ void ElementPictureFactory::parseText(const QDomElement &dom, QPainter &painter,
 		font_ = QETApp::diagramTextsFont(dom.attribute("size").toDouble());
 	}
 	else if (dom.hasAttribute("font")) {
-		font_.fromString(dom.attribute("font"));
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font_, dom.attribute("font"));
 	}
 
 	QColor text_color(dom.attribute("color", "#000000"));
diff --git a/sources/factory/ui/addtabledialog.cpp b/sources/factory/ui/addtabledialog.cpp
index 325b6c758..7c5624383 100644
--- a/sources/factory/ui/addtabledialog.cpp
+++ b/sources/factory/ui/addtabledialog.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ void AddTableDialog::loadConfig()
 		default:
 			ui->m_header_alignment_cb->setCurrentIndex(2);
 	}
-	m_header_font.fromString(header_object.value("font").toString());
+	QETUtils::fontFromString(m_header_font, header_object.value("font").toString());
 	ui->m_header_font_pb->setText(m_header_font.family());
 
 		//Table
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void AddTableDialog::loadConfig()
 		default:
 			ui->m_table_alignment_cb->setCurrentIndex(2);
 	}
-	m_table_font.fromString(table_object.value("font").toString());
+	QETUtils::fontFromString(m_table_font, table_object.value("font").toString());
 	ui->m_table_font_pb->setText(m_table_font.family());
 
 }
diff --git a/sources/properties/terminaldata.cpp b/sources/properties/terminaldata.cpp
index d06babc5c..2b9cd36c2 100644
--- a/sources/properties/terminaldata.cpp
+++ b/sources/properties/terminaldata.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ bool TerminalData::fromXml (const QDomElement &xml_element)
 
 		QString font_str = xml_element.attribute("label_font");
 		if (!font_str.isEmpty())
-			m_label_font.fromString(font_str);
+			QETUtils::fontFromString(m_label_font, font_str);
 
 		m_label_rotation = xml_element.attribute("label_rotation", "0").toDouble();
 
diff --git a/sources/qetapp.cpp b/sources/qetapp.cpp
index 83d26f9d4..deb20b161 100644
--- a/sources/qetapp.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetapp.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "projectview.h"
 #include "qetdiagrameditor.h"
 #include "qeticons.h"
+#include "utils/qetutils.h"
 #include "qetmessagebox.h"
 #include "qetproject.h"
 #include "qtextorientationspinboxwidget.h"
@@ -1425,7 +1426,7 @@ QFont QETApp::diagramTextsItemFont(qreal size)
 	//Font to use
 	QFont font_ = diagramTextsItemFont();
 	if (settings.contains("diagrameditor/dynamic_text_font")) {
-		font_.fromString(settings.value(
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font_, settings.value(
 					 "diagrameditor/dynamic_text_font"
 						).toString());
 	}
@@ -1449,7 +1450,7 @@ QFont QETApp::indiTextsItemFont(qreal size)
 	//Font to use
 	QFont font_ = diagramTextsItemFont();
 	if (settings.contains("diagrameditor/independent_text_font")) {
-		font_.fromString(settings.value(
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font_, settings.value(
 					 "diagrameditor/independent_text_font"
 					 ).toString());
 	}
diff --git a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/ViewItem/projectdbmodel.cpp b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/ViewItem/projectdbmodel.cpp
index b01f73a17..7ef031504 100644
--- a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/ViewItem/projectdbmodel.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/ViewItem/projectdbmodel.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void ProjectDBModel::fromXml(const QDomElement &element)
 	//Index 0,0
 	auto index_00 = element.firstChildElement("index00");
 	QFont font_;
-	font_.fromString(index_00.attribute("font"));
+	QETUtils::fontFromString(font_, index_00.attribute("font"));
 	m_index_0_0_data.insert(Qt::FontRole, font_);
 	auto me = QMetaEnum::fromType<Qt::Alignment>();
 	m_index_0_0_data.insert(Qt::TextAlignmentRole, me.keyToValue(index_00.attribute("alignment").toStdString().data()));
diff --git a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/dynamicelementtextitem.cpp b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/dynamicelementtextitem.cpp
index f6854b8e4..513d9fc88 100644
--- a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/dynamicelementtextitem.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/dynamicelementtextitem.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void DynamicElementTextItem::fromXml(const QDomElement &dom_elmt)
 	if (dom_elmt.hasAttribute("font"))
 	{
 		QFont font;
-		font.fromString(dom_elmt.attribute("font"));
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font, dom_elmt.attribute("font"));
 		setFont(font);
 	}
 	else	//Retrocompatibility during the 0.7 dev because the font property was added lately. TODO remove this part in futur
diff --git a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/independenttextitem.cpp b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/independenttextitem.cpp
index 972138126..ba92533b8 100644
--- a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/independenttextitem.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/independenttextitem.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void IndependentTextItem::fromXml(const QDomElement &e) {
 	if (e.hasAttribute("font"))
 	{
 		QFont font;
-		font.fromString(e.attribute("font"));
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font, e.attribute("font"));
 		setFont(font);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sources/qetxml.cpp b/sources/qetxml.cpp
index 440dece91..042d13ae7 100644
--- a/sources/qetxml.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetxml.cpp
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ void QETXML::modelHeaderDataFromXml(
 		else if (role_ == Qt::FontRole)
 		{
 			QFont font;
-			font.fromString(text_);
+			QETUtils::fontFromString(font, text_);
 			data_ = font;
 		}
 		else if (role_ == Qt::TextAlignmentRole)
diff --git a/sources/ui/configpage/generalconfigurationpage.cpp b/sources/ui/configpage/generalconfigurationpage.cpp
index 9698fc889..000b1c547 100644
--- a/sources/ui/configpage/generalconfigurationpage.cpp
+++ b/sources/ui/configpage/generalconfigurationpage.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ GeneralConfigurationPage::GeneralConfigurationPage(QWidget *parent) :
 	if (settings.contains("diagrameditor/dynamic_text_font"))
 	{
 		QFont font;
-		font.fromString(settings.value("diagrameditor/dynamic_text_font").toString());
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font, settings.value("diagrameditor/dynamic_text_font").toString());
 
 		QString fontInfos = font.family() + " " +
 				QString::number(font.pointSize()) + " (" +
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ GeneralConfigurationPage::GeneralConfigurationPage(QWidget *parent) :
 	if (settings.contains("diagrameditor/independent_text_font"))
 	{
 		QFont font;
-		font.fromString(settings.value("diagrameditor/independent_text_font").toString());
+		QETUtils::fontFromString(font, settings.value("diagrameditor/independent_text_font").toString());
 
 		QString fontInfos = font.family() + " " +
 							QString::number(font.pointSize()) + " (" +
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ void GeneralConfigurationPage::on_m_dyn_text_font_pb_clicked()
 	bool ok;
 	QSettings settings;
 	QFont curFont;
-	curFont.fromString(settings.value("diagrameditor/dynamic_text_font", "Liberation Sans,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0,Regular").toString());
+	QETUtils::fontFromString(curFont, settings.value("diagrameditor/dynamic_text_font", "Liberation Sans,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0,Regular").toString());
 	QFont font = QFontDialog::getFont(&ok, curFont, this);
 	if (ok)
 	{
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ void GeneralConfigurationPage::on_m_indi_text_font_pb_clicked()
 	bool ok;
 	QSettings settings;
 	QFont curFont;
-	curFont.fromString(settings.value("diagrameditor/independent_text_font", "Liberation Sans,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0,Regular").toString());
+	QETUtils::fontFromString(curFont, settings.value("diagrameditor/independent_text_font", "Liberation Sans,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0,Regular").toString());
 	QFont font = QFontDialog::getFont(&ok, curFont, this);
 	if (ok)
 	{
diff --git a/sources/utils/qetutils.cpp b/sources/utils/qetutils.cpp
index 8b9c126dc..8cf457a67 100644
--- a/sources/utils/qetutils.cpp
+++ b/sources/utils/qetutils.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,32 @@ void QETUtils::pixelSizedFont(QFont &font)
     font.setPixelSize(qRound(px));
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+	/**
+	 * Legacy (Qt 5) weight <- OpenType weight, closest match,
+	 * same table Qt uses when parsing a 10/11 field string.
+	 */
+	int legacyFontWeight(const int opentype_weight)
+	{
+		static const int weight_map[9][2] = {
+			{0, 100}, {12, 200}, {25, 300}, {50, 400}, {57, 500},
+			{63, 600}, {75, 700}, {81, 800}, {87, 900}
+		};
+		int legacy_weight = weight_map[0][0];
+		int closest_diff = qAbs(opentype_weight - weight_map[0][1]);
+		for (int i = 1 ; i < 9 ; ++i)
+		{
+			const int diff = qAbs(opentype_weight - weight_map[i][1]);
+			if (diff < closest_diff) {
+				closest_diff = diff;
+				legacy_weight = weight_map[i][0];
+			}
+		}
+		return legacy_weight;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief QETUtils::fontToString
  * Serialize a font to the 10/11 field description format written by Qt 5,
@@ -171,23 +197,7 @@ QString QETUtils::fontToString(const QFont &font)
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
 	return font.toString();
 #else
-		//Legacy (Qt 5) weight <- OpenType weight, closest match,
-		//same table Qt uses when parsing a 10/11 field string.
-	static const int weight_map[9][2] = {
-		{0, 100}, {12, 200}, {25, 300}, {50, 400}, {57, 500},
-		{63, 600}, {75, 700}, {81, 800}, {87, 900}
-	};
-	const int weight = font.weight();
-	int legacy_weight = weight_map[0][0];
-	int closest_diff = qAbs(weight - weight_map[0][1]);
-	for (int i = 1 ; i < 9 ; ++i)
-	{
-		const int diff = qAbs(weight - weight_map[i][1]);
-		if (diff < closest_diff) {
-			closest_diff = diff;
-			legacy_weight = weight_map[i][0];
-		}
-	}
+	const int legacy_weight = legacyFontWeight(font.weight());
 
 	const QChar comma(QLatin1Char(','));
 	QString description = font.family() + comma +
@@ -206,3 +216,75 @@ QString QETUtils::fontToString(const QFont &font)
 	return description;
 #endif
 }
+
+/**
+ * @brief QETUtils::fontFromString
+ * Restore a font from a description string, tolerating descriptions written
+ * by any Qt version. QFont::fromString() of Qt 5.x and Qt <= 6.10 rejects the
+ * >= 19 field format QFont::toString() emits since Qt 6.11 (16 base fields
+ * plus style name, font-feature count and variable-axis count), leaving a
+ * broken font behind. When the native parser fails, salvage such a
+ * description by re-composing the 10/11 field form (OpenType weight mapped
+ * back to the legacy scale) and parsing that instead, so no font information
+ * stored in existing files is lost.
+ * See @link https://github.com/qelectrotech/qelectrotech-source-mirror/issues/553 @endlink
+ * @param font : font to restore into; left untouched on failure, so the
+ * caller's default keeps applying.
+ * @param description : font description string
+ * @return true if the description could be parsed
+ */
+bool QETUtils::fontFromString(QFont &font, const QString &description)
+{
+	QFont parsed(font);
+	if (parsed.fromString(description)) {
+		font = parsed;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	const QStringList l = description.split(QLatin1Char(','));
+	const int count = l.size();
+	const QChar comma(QLatin1Char(','));
+
+		//16 base fields + style name + feature count + axis count; a family
+		//name containing commas adds leading fields. Descriptions actually
+		//using font features or variable axes append value groups whose
+		//layout we cannot anchor reliably, so only salvage the plain
+		//"...,0,0" case (the only one QET-edited files can contain).
+	if (count >= 19
+		&& l.at(count - 1).trimmed() == QLatin1String("0")
+		&& l.at(count - 2).trimmed() == QLatin1String("0"))
+	{
+		QString legacy = QStringList(l.mid(0, count - 18)).join(comma) + comma + // family
+			l.at(count - 18) + comma +                                       // pointSizeF
+			l.at(count - 17) + comma +                                       // pixelSize
+			l.at(count - 16) + comma +                                       // styleHint
+			QString::number(legacyFontWeight(l.at(count - 15).toInt())) + comma +
+			l.at(count - 14) + comma +                                       // style
+			l.at(count - 13) + comma +                                       // underline
+			l.at(count - 12) + comma +                                       // strikeOut
+			l.at(count - 11) + comma +                                       // fixedPitch
+			QString::number(0);
+		const QString style_name = l.at(count - 3);
+		if (!style_name.isEmpty()) {
+			legacy += comma + style_name;
+		}
+
+		if (parsed.fromString(legacy)) {
+			font = parsed;
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+		//Some historical builds double-serialized fonts, embedding a complete
+		//legacy description as the family name of a second one (21 fields:
+		//"Caladea,9,-1,5,75,1,0,0,0,0,Bold Italic,9,-1,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,Regular").
+		//The embedded leading description carries the real font, and taking it
+		//matches what the lenient parser of Qt 6.11+ resolves such strings to.
+	if (count > 11
+		&& parsed.fromString(QStringList(l.mid(0, 11)).join(comma))) {
+		font = parsed;
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/sources/utils/qetutils.h b/sources/utils/qetutils.h
index 5f5bc63e0..81872ce41 100644
--- a/sources/utils/qetutils.h
+++ b/sources/utils/qetutils.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace QETUtils
 	qreal graphicsHandlerSize(QGraphicsItem *item);
     void pixelSizedFont (QFont &font);
     QString fontToString (const QFont &font);
+    bool fontFromString (QFont &font, const QString &description);
 
 	bool sortBeginIntString(const QString &str_a, const QString &str_b);