Changing the font in a text object doesn't work

[KHEM-ONE]

create text object, type in text, select text, choose new font from pulldown, font doesn't change to that style
on Brave browser, Chrome based on Kubuntu 22.04 Linux

[Keavon]

You have to do it from the Properties panel. This will be updated in the future to also allow changes from the control bar, but currently those changes are only for future objects you draw.