diff --git a/docs/source/standard_dialogs.rst b/docs/source/standard_dialogs.rst
index dd290f012..00ca62166 100644
--- a/docs/source/standard_dialogs.rst
+++ b/docs/source/standard_dialogs.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ Typical usage for a save dialog looks like this::
         print(f"Save to {dialog.path}")
 
 
+Font Dialog
+===========
+
+A dialog that takes a |Font| object and displays a standard OS font selection.
+A convenience function |get_font| opens the dialog and returns a font value.
+
+
 Message Dialog
 ==============
 
@@ -195,6 +202,7 @@ user's selection or ``None`` if nothing is selected.
 .. |CANCEL| replace:: :py:obj:`~pyface.constants.CANCEL`
 .. |Color| replace:: :py:class:`~pyface.color.Color`
 .. |Executor| replace:: :py:class:`~concurrent.futures.Executor`
+.. |Font| replace:: :py:class:`~pyface.font.Font`
 .. |IDialog| replace:: :py:class:`~pyface.i_dialog.IDialog`
 .. |NO| replace:: :py:obj:`~pyface.constants.NO`
 .. |OK| replace:: :py:obj:`~pyface.constants.OK`
@@ -203,6 +211,7 @@ user's selection or ``None`` if nothing is selected.
 .. |confirm| replace:: :py:func:`~pyface.confirmation_dialog.confirm`
 .. |error| replace:: :py:func:`~pyface.message_dialog.error`
 .. |get_color| replace:: :py:func:`~pyface.color_dialog.get_color`
+.. |get_font| replace:: :py:func:`~pyface.font_dialog.get_font`
 .. |information| replace:: :py:func:`~pyface.message_dialog.information`
 .. |open| replace:: :py:meth:`~pyface.i_dialog.IDialog.open`
 .. |warning| replace:: :py:func:`~pyface.message_dialog.warning`
diff --git a/etstool.py b/etstool.py
index 18afd55a0..23866eb81 100644
--- a/etstool.py
+++ b/etstool.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 
 supported_combinations = {
     "3.6": {"pyqt5", "pyside2", "pyside6", "wx"},
+    "3.8": {"pyside6"},
 }
 
 # Traits version requirement (empty string to mean no specific requirement).
@@ -211,11 +212,16 @@ def install(edm, runtime, toolkit, environment, editable, source):
             ]
         )
     elif toolkit == "pyside6":
-        commands.extend(
-            [
-                "{edm} run -e {environment} -- pip install pyside6",
-                "{edm} run -e {environment} -- pip install pillow",
-            ]
+        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            commands.append(
+                "{edm} run -e {environment} -- pip install pyside6<6.2.2'"
+            )
+        else:
+            commands.append(
+                "{edm} run -e {environment} -- pip install pyside6"
+            )
+        commands.append(
+            "{edm} run -e {environment} -- pip install pillow"
         )
     elif toolkit == "wx":
         if sys.platform == "darwin":
diff --git a/examples/dialogs/font_dialog.py b/examples/dialogs/font_dialog.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2abfeeea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dialogs/font_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2005-2022 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
+# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
+# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
+# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
+#
+# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
+
+from pyface.font_dialog import get_font
+
+# display a font dialog and get the result
+font = get_font(None, font='12 pt Helvetica sans-serif')
+if font is not None:
+    print(font)
diff --git a/pyface/font_dialog.py b/pyface/font_dialog.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..484f27256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyface/font_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2005-2022 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
+# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
+# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
+# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
+#
+# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
+
+""" The implementation of a dialog that allows the user to select a font.
+"""
+
+from .constant import OK
+from .toolkit import toolkit_object
+
+
+FontDialog = toolkit_object("font_dialog:FontDialog")
+
+
+def get_font(parent, font):
+    """ Convenience function that displays a font dialog.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    parent : toolkit control
+        The parent toolkit control for the modal dialog.
+    font : Font or font description
+        The initial Font object or string describing the font.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    font : Font or None
+        The selected font, or None if the user made no selection.
+    """
+    dialog = FontDialog(parent=parent, font=font)
+    result = dialog.open()
+    if result == OK:
+        return dialog.font
+    else:
+        return None
diff --git a/pyface/i_font_dialog.py b/pyface/i_font_dialog.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7d30b46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyface/i_font_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2005-2022 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
+# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
+# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
+# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
+#
+# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
+
+""" The interface for a dialog that allows the user to select a color. """
+
+from pyface.ui_traits import PyfaceFont
+from pyface.i_dialog import IDialog
+
+
+class IFontDialog(IDialog):
+    """ The interface for a dialog that allows the user to choose a font.
+    """
+
+    # 'IFontDialog' interface ---------------------------------------------#
+
+    #: The font in the dialog.
+    font = PyfaceFont()
diff --git a/pyface/tests/test_font_dialog.py b/pyface/tests/test_font_dialog.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b274f1215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyface/tests/test_font_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2005-2022 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
+# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
+# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
+# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
+#
+# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
+
+
+import unittest
+
+from ..font import Font
+from ..font_dialog import FontDialog, get_font
+from ..toolkit import toolkit_object
+from ..util.font_parser import simple_parser
+
+GuiTestAssistant = toolkit_object("util.gui_test_assistant:GuiTestAssistant")
+no_gui_test_assistant = GuiTestAssistant.__name__ == "Unimplemented"
+
+ModalDialogTester = toolkit_object(
+    "util.modal_dialog_tester:ModalDialogTester"
+)
+no_modal_dialog_tester = ModalDialogTester.__name__ == "Unimplemented"
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(no_gui_test_assistant, "No GuiTestAssistant")
+class TestFontDialog(unittest.TestCase, GuiTestAssistant):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        GuiTestAssistant.setUp(self)
+        self.dialog = FontDialog(font="12 Helvetica sans-serif")
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self.dialog.control is not None:
+            with self.delete_widget(self.dialog.control):
+                self.dialog.destroy()
+        del self.dialog
+        GuiTestAssistant.tearDown(self)
+
+    def test_font(self):
+        # test that fonts are translated as expected
+        self.dialog.font = "10 bold condensed Helvetica sans-serif"
+
+        self.assertFontEqual(
+            self.dialog.font,
+            Font(**simple_parser("10 bold condensed Helvetica sans-serif")),
+        )
+
+    def test_create(self):
+        # test that creation and destruction works as expected
+        with self.event_loop():
+            self.dialog._create()
+        with self.event_loop():
+            self.dialog.destroy()
+
+    def test_destroy(self):
+        # test that destroy works even when no control
+        with self.event_loop():
+            self.dialog.destroy()
+
+    def test_close(self):
+        # test that close works
+        with self.event_loop():
+            self.dialog._create()
+        with self.event_loop():
+            self.dialog.close()
+
+    def assertFontEqual(self, font1, font2):
+        state1 = font1.trait_get(transient=lambda x: not x)
+        state2 = font2.trait_get(transient=lambda x: not x)
+        self.assertEqual(state1, state2)
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(no_gui_test_assistant, "No GuiTestAssistant")
+class TestGetFont(unittest.TestCase, GuiTestAssistant):
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(no_modal_dialog_tester, "ModalDialogTester unavailable")
+    def test_close(self):
+        # test that cancel works as expected
+        tester = ModalDialogTester(
+            lambda: get_font(None, "12 Helvetica sans-serif")
+        )
+        tester.open_and_run(when_opened=lambda x: x.close(accept=False))
+
+        self.assertEqual(tester.result, None)
diff --git a/pyface/ui/qt4/font_dialog.py b/pyface/ui/qt4/font_dialog.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d37b4764d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyface/ui/qt4/font_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2005-2022 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
+# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
+# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
+# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
+#
+# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
+
+""" A dialog that allows the user to select a font. """
+
+from pyface.qt import QtGui
+
+from traits.api import provides
+
+from pyface.font import Font
+from pyface.ui_traits import PyfaceFont
+from pyface.i_font_dialog import IFontDialog
+from .dialog import Dialog
+
+
+@provides(IFontDialog)
+class FontDialog(Dialog):
+    """ A dialog that allows the user to choose a font.
+    """
+
+    # 'IFontDialog' interface ----------------------------------------------
+
+    #: The font in the dialog.
+    font = PyfaceFont()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 'IDialog' interface.
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _create_contents(self, parent):
+        # In PyQt this is a canned dialog so there are no contents.
+        pass
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 'IWindow' interface.
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def close(self):
+        if self.control.result() == QtGui.QDialog.Accepted:
+            qfont = self.control.selectedFont()
+            self.font = Font.from_toolkit(qfont)
+        return super(FontDialog, self).close()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 'IWindow' interface.
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _create_control(self, parent):
+        qfont = self.font.to_toolkit()
+        dialog = QtGui.QFontDialog(qfont, parent)
+        return dialog
diff --git a/pyface/ui/wx/font_dialog.py b/pyface/ui/wx/font_dialog.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f288ade09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyface/ui/wx/font_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2005-2022 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
+# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
+# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
+# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
+#
+# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
+
+""" The interface for a dialog that allows the user to select a font. """
+
+import wx
+
+from traits.api import provides
+
+from pyface.font import Font
+from pyface.ui_traits import PyfaceFont
+from pyface.i_font_dialog import IFontDialog
+from .dialog import Dialog
+
+# The WxPython version in a convenient to compare form.
+wx_version = tuple(int(x) for x in wx.__version__.split('.')[:3])
+
+
+@provides(IFontDialog)
+class FontDialog(Dialog):
+    """ A dialog for selecting fonts.
+    """
+
+    # 'IFontDialog' interface ----------------------------------------------
+
+    #: The font in the dialog.
+    font = PyfaceFont()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 'IDialog' interface.
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _create_contents(self, parent):
+        # In wx this is a canned dialog.
+        pass
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 'IWindow' interface.
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def close(self):
+        font_data = self.control.GetFontData()
+        wx_font = font_data.GetChosenFont()
+        self.font = Font.from_toolkit(wx_font)
+        super(FontDialog, self).close()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 'IWidget' interface.
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _create_control(self, parent):
+        wx_font = self.font.to_toolkit()
+        data = wx.FontData()
+        data.SetInitialFont(wx_font)
+        dialog = wx.FontDialog(parent, data)
+        return dialog