diff --git a/src/jspdf.js b/src/jspdf.js
index 94f3a5f69..2c4367d0e 100644
--- a/src/jspdf.js
+++ b/src/jspdf.js
@@ -365,7 +365,10 @@ function jsPDF(options) {
    * @returns {string}
    * @private
    */
-  var combineFontStyleAndFontWeight = function(fontStyle, fontWeight) {
+  var combineFontStyleAndFontWeight = (API.__private__.combineFontStyleAndFontWeight = function(
+    fontStyle,
+    fontWeight
+  ) {
     if (
       (fontStyle == "bold" && fontWeight == "normal") ||
       (fontStyle == "bold" && fontWeight == 400) ||
@@ -374,19 +377,19 @@ function jsPDF(options) {
     ) {
       throw new Error("Invalid Combination of fontweight and fontstyle");
     }
-    if (fontWeight && fontStyle !== fontWeight) {
-      //if fontstyle is normal and fontweight is normal too no need to append the font-weight
+    if (fontWeight) {
       fontStyle =
-        fontWeight == 400
-          ? fontStyle == "italic"
+        fontWeight == 400 || fontWeight === "normal"
+          ? fontStyle === "italic"
             ? "italic"
             : "normal"
-          : fontWeight == 700 && fontStyle !== "italic"
+          : (fontWeight == 700 || fontWeight === "bold") &&
+            fontStyle === "normal"
           ? "bold"
-          : fontStyle + "" + fontWeight;
+          : (fontWeight == 700 ? "bold" : fontWeight) + "" + fontStyle;
     }
     return fontStyle;
-  };
+  });
 
   /**
    * @callback ApiSwitchBody
diff --git a/test/specs/fontstyle.spec.js b/test/specs/fontstyle.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..380f9de80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/fontstyle.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+describe("Font style and font weight", () => {
+  beforeAll(loadGlobals);
+
+  it("combine font style and font weight correctly", () => {
+    const doc = new jsPDF();
+
+    const combine = doc.__private__.combineFontStyleAndFontWeight;
+
+    expect(combine("normal", "normal")).toEqual("normal");
+    expect(combine("normal", "400")).toEqual("normal");
+    expect(combine("normal", 400)).toEqual("normal");
+
+    expect(combine("italic", "normal")).toEqual("italic");
+    expect(combine("italic", "400")).toEqual("italic");
+    expect(combine("italic", 400)).toEqual("italic");
+
+    expect(combine("normal", "bold")).toEqual("bold");
+    expect(combine("normal", "700")).toEqual("bold");
+    expect(combine("normal", 700)).toEqual("bold");
+
+    expect(combine("italic", "bold")).toEqual("bolditalic");
+    expect(combine("italic", "700")).toEqual("bolditalic");
+    expect(combine("italic", 700)).toEqual("bolditalic");
+
+    expect(combine("normal", "300")).toEqual("300normal");
+    expect(combine("normal", 300)).toEqual("300normal");
+
+    expect(combine("italic", "300")).toEqual("300italic");
+    expect(combine("italic", 300)).toEqual("300italic");
+  });
+});