diff --git a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/game_view.cpp b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/game_view.cpp
index 2f8af3e1b..7a51fc97f 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/game_view.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/game_view.cpp
@@ -117,11 +117,10 @@ GameView::GameView(GameScene *scene, QWidget *parent) : QGraphicsView(scene, par
     tallyLayout->setSpacing(2);
     tallyContainer->hide();
 
-    applyDeckListFont();
-    connect(themeManager, &ThemeManager::fontsChanged, this, &GameView::applyDeckListFont);
+    applyDeckOverlayFonts();
 }
 
-void GameView::applyDeckListFont()
+void GameView::applyDeckOverlayFonts()
 {
     dragCountLabel->setFont(deckOverlayFont(14, true));
     totalCountLabel->setFont(deckOverlayFont(16, true));
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/game_view.h b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/game_view.h
index 0fca224b2..99a73a0a8 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/game_view.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/game_view.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ private slots:
     void refreshShortcuts();
     void updateTotalSelectionCount(const QSize &viewSize = QSize());
     void setFocusDisabled(bool disabled);
-    void applyDeckListFont();
+    void applyDeckOverlayFonts();
 public slots:
     void updateSceneRect(const QRectF &rect);
 
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/font_grid_widget.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/font_grid_widget.cpp
index 67efa3dca..20451afbc 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/font_grid_widget.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/font_grid_widget.cpp
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ void FontGridWidget::loadFonts(const FontConfig &cfg)
         auto role = static_cast<AppFont::Role>(fontEnum.value(i));
         const FontRow &row = fontRows[role];
 
-        // Roles absent from the file resolve to the startup font, not to the
-        // live preview: appFont() would return the previewed config, so Reset
-        // and a first load would both show the edited font instead of the
-        // theme's real default.
-        const QFont font = cfg.fonts.value(role, themeManager->defaultAppFont(role));
+        // Roles absent from the file resolve the same way the runtime does: an unset
+        // role falls back to the config's InterfaceDefault, and only then to the
+        // startup font. appFont() would return the live preview instead, so Reset and
+        // a first load must not measure against it.
+        const QFont fallback = cfg.fonts.value(AppFont::InterfaceDefault, themeManager->defaultAppFont(role));
+        const QFont font = cfg.fonts.value(role, fallback);
         row.familyCombo->setCurrentFont(font);
 
         int size = font.pointSize();
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/palette_editor_dialog.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/palette_editor_dialog.cpp
index 5e1e877be..42895d654 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/palette_editor_dialog.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/palette_editor_dialog.cpp
@@ -285,9 +285,7 @@ void PaletteEditorDialog::loadSchemes()
 void PaletteEditorDialog::loadFonts()
 {
     savedFontConfig = ThemeManager::loadDefaultFontConfig(themeDirPath, themeName);
-    fontGrid->blockSignals(true);
     fontGrid->loadFonts(savedFontConfig);
-    fontGrid->blockSignals(false);
     fontsDirty = false;
 }
 
@@ -394,7 +392,6 @@ void PaletteEditorDialog::onSave()
 
 void PaletteEditorDialog::onReset()
 {
-    const bool hadFontPreview = fontsDirty;
     workingConfig[loadedScheme] = savedConfig[loadedScheme];
     paletteGrid->loadPalette(savedConfig[loadedScheme]);
     // Restore the live theme before re-reading the grid: loadFonts resolves
@@ -403,9 +400,6 @@ void PaletteEditorDialog::onReset()
     themeManager->reloadCurrentTheme();
     fontGrid->loadFonts(savedFontConfig);
     fontsDirty = false;
-    if (hadFontPreview) {
-        themeManager->previewFonts(savedFontConfig);
-    }
     seedAccentFromScheme(loadedScheme);
 }
 
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/palette_editor_dialog.h b/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/palette_editor_dialog.h
index cf2321f80..5e47536b5 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/palette_editor_dialog.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/palette_editor_dialog.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class FontGridWidget;
 class QuickSetupPanel;
 class QFrame;
 class QWidget;
-class QCloseEvent;
 
 class PaletteEditorDialog : public QDialog
 {
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.cpp
index c090eab7a..913a038be 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.cpp
@@ -657,23 +657,12 @@ QFont ThemeManager::appFont(AppFont::Role role) const
     }
 
     // Role fallbacks preserve the pre-theme defaults when no fonts.toml is
-    // present: chat logs rendered monospace (matching the report dialogs) and
-    // every other role resolves to the app font. The surfaces that hardcoded a
-    // different family ask for it explicitly: counter painters through
-    // cardTextFont(), the deck view headers and printed deck list through
-    // deckListFont(). Only the family basis is fixed there; sizes stay
-    // caller-side.
-    if (role == AppFont::ChatLog) {
-        // ChatView never set a font before the theme role existed, so an unset
-        // ChatLog must keep resolving to the application font. The report
-        // dialogs that used to hardcode monospace ask for it explicitly
-        // (report_utils::reportLogFont) instead of through this fallback.
-        return qApp->font();
-    }
-    // No per-role scaling: an unset role resolves to the application font, so
-    // with no fonts.toml present the result is identical to before. The counter
-    // painters that used to hardcode Serif ask for it through cardTextFont(),
-    // and the two deck-list sites that did through deckListFont().
+    // present: an unset role resolves to the application font. Surfaces that
+    // hardcoded a different family ask for it explicitly: counter painters
+    // through cardTextFont(), the deck view headers and printed deck list
+    // through deckListFont(), the report dialogs through
+    // report_utils::reportLogFont(). Only the family basis is fixed there;
+    // sizes stay caller-side.
     return qApp->font();
 }