diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawAnnotation.ui b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawAnnotation.ui
index 0d5b73fed5..24dd6abd88 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawAnnotation.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawAnnotation.ui
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
             <height>0</height>
            </size>
           </property>
+          <property name="font">
+           <font>
+            <italic>true</italic>
+           </font>
+          </property>
           <property name="toolTip">
            <string>Forces last leader line segment to be horizontal</string>
           </property>