diff --git a/src/font/discovery.zig b/src/font/discovery.zig
index aeaeb955e..67236d5c9 100644
--- a/src/font/discovery.zig
+++ b/src/font/discovery.zig
@@ -685,30 +685,29 @@ pub const CoreText = struct {
                 break :style .unmatched;
             defer style.release();
 
+            // Get our style string
+            var buf: [128]u8 = undefined;
+            const style_str = style.cstring(&buf, .utf8) orelse break :style .unmatched;
+
             // If we have a specific desired style, attempt to search for that.
             if (desc.style) |desired_style| {
-                var buf: [128]u8 = undefined;
-                const style_str = style.cstring(&buf, .utf8) orelse break :style .unmatched;
-
                 // Matching style string gets highest score
                 if (std.mem.eql(u8, desired_style, style_str)) break :style .match;
-
-                // Otherwise the score is based on the length of the style string.
-                // Shorter styles are scored higher.
-                break :style @enumFromInt(100 -| style_str.len);
+            } else if (!desc.bold and !desc.italic) {
+                // If we do not, and we have no symbolic traits, then we try
+                // to find "regular" (or no style). If we have symbolic traits
+                // we do nothing but we can improve scoring by taking that into
+                // account, too.
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, "Regular", style_str)) {
+                    break :style .match;
+                }
             }
 
-            // If we do not, and we have no symbolic traits, then we try
-            // to find "regular" (or no style). If we have symbolic traits
-            // we do nothing but we can improve scoring by taking that into
-            // account, too.
-            if (!desc.bold and !desc.italic) {
-                var buf: [128]u8 = undefined;
-                const style_str = style.cstring(&buf, .utf8) orelse break :style .unmatched;
-                if (std.mem.eql(u8, "Regular", style_str)) break :style .match;
-            }
-
-            break :style .unmatched;
+            // Otherwise the score is based on the length of the style string.
+            // Shorter styles are scored higher. This is a heuristic that
+            // if we don't have a desired style then shorter tends to be
+            // more often the "regular" style.
+            break :style @enumFromInt(100 -| style_str.len);
         };
 
         score_acc.traits = traits: {