diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/font_grid_widget.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/font_grid_widget.cpp
index 0f01fbe09..1dd8345bb 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/font_grid_widget.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/palette_editor/font_grid_widget.cpp
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ 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 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);
+        // 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));
         row.familyCombo->setCurrentFont(font);
 
         int size = font.pointSize();
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.cpp
index eebbb96fd..777bd1908 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.cpp
@@ -657,9 +657,15 @@ QFont ThemeManager::appFont(AppFont::Role role) const
     }
 
     // Role fallbacks preserve the pre-theme defaults when no fonts.toml is
-    // present: card text starts from a serif basis, everything else from the
-    // application font. The report dialogs that used to hardcode monospace ask
-    // for it explicitly (report_utils::reportLogFont).
+    // present: chat logs rendered monospace (matching the report dialogs),
+    // card text from a serif basis, everything else from the app font.
+    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();
+    }
     if (role == AppFont::CardText) {
         return QFont(QStringLiteral("Serif"));
     }
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.h b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.h
index aba91faf7..7e74e4c31 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_manager.h
@@ -150,8 +150,9 @@ public:
     // when present, otherwise a palette-accent-derived fallback.
     QColor appColor(AppColor::Role role) const;
     /** @brief Resolves an application font role: the theme's stored [Fonts]
-     *         value when present, otherwise a per-role fallback (serif basis
-     *         for CardText, the application font for the remaining roles). */
+     *         value when present, otherwise a per-role fallback (monospace for
+     *         ChatLog, serif basis for CardText, the application font for the
+     *         remaining roles). */
     QFont appFont(AppFont::Role role) const;
     /** @brief Whether the active theme defines this role in fonts.toml. */
     bool hasAppFont(AppFont::Role role) const;