diff --git a/src/features/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-to-terminal-preferences.test.ts.snap b/src/features/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-to-terminal-preferences.test.ts.snap
index 0fe8c4df2c..0c485b5f27 100644
--- a/src/features/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-to-terminal-preferences.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/features/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-to-terminal-preferences.test.ts.snap
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to terminal preferences given in preferences,
                           class="Select__single-value css-1dimb5e-singleValue"
                         >
                           <span
-                            style="font-family: RobotoMono; font-size: 12px;"
+                            style="font-family: RobotoMono, var(--font-terminal); font-size: 12px;"
                           >
                             RobotoMono
                           </span>
diff --git a/src/features/preferences/renderer/preference-items/terminal/terminal-font-family/terminal-font-family.tsx b/src/features/preferences/renderer/preference-items/terminal/terminal-font-family/terminal-font-family.tsx
index 14bc5efacd..7ff161862e 100644
--- a/src/features/preferences/renderer/preference-items/terminal/terminal-font-family/terminal-font-family.tsx
+++ b/src/features/preferences/renderer/preference-items/terminal/terminal-font-family/terminal-font-family.tsx
@@ -13,26 +13,29 @@ import { Select } from "../../../../../../renderer/components/select";
 import type { Logger } from "../../../../../../common/logger";
 import { action } from "mobx";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../../../../../common/logger.injectable";
+import {
+  terminalFontsInjectable,
+} from "../../../../../../renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-fonts.injectable";
 
 interface Dependencies {
   userStore: UserStore;
   logger: Logger;
+  terminalFonts: Map<string, string>;
 }
 
 const NonInjectedTerminalFontFamily = observer(
-  ({ userStore, logger }: Dependencies) => {
-
-    // fonts must be declared in `fonts.scss` and at `template.html` (if early-preloading required)
-    const supportedCustomFonts: SelectOption<string>[] = [
-      "RobotoMono", "Anonymous Pro", "IBM Plex Mono", "JetBrains Mono", "Red Hat Mono",
-      "Source Code Pro", "Space Mono", "Ubuntu Mono",
-    ].map(customFont => {
+  ({ userStore, logger, terminalFonts }: Dependencies) => {
+    const bundledFonts: SelectOption<string>[] = Array.from(terminalFonts.keys()).map(font => {
       const { fontFamily, fontSize } = userStore.terminalConfig;
 
       return {
-        label: <span style={{ fontFamily: customFont, fontSize }}>{customFont}</span>,
-        value: customFont,
-        isSelected: fontFamily === customFont,
+        label: (
+          <span style={{ fontFamily: `${font}, var(--font-terminal)`, fontSize }}>
+            {font}
+          </span>
+        ),
+        value: font,
+        isSelected: fontFamily === font,
       };
     });
 
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ const NonInjectedTerminalFontFamily = observer(
           themeName="lens"
           controlShouldRenderValue
           value={userStore.terminalConfig.fontFamily}
-          options={supportedCustomFonts}
+          options={bundledFonts}
           onChange={onFontFamilyChange as any}
         />
       </section>
@@ -58,13 +61,10 @@ const NonInjectedTerminalFontFamily = observer(
   },
 );
 
-export const TerminalFontFamily = withInjectables<Dependencies>(
-  NonInjectedTerminalFontFamily,
-
-  {
-    getProps: (di) => ({
-      userStore: di.inject(userStoreInjectable),
-      logger: di.inject(loggerInjectable),
-    }),
-  },
-);
+export const TerminalFontFamily = withInjectables<Dependencies>(NonInjectedTerminalFontFamily, {
+  getProps: (di) => ({
+    userStore: di.inject(userStoreInjectable),
+    logger: di.inject(loggerInjectable),
+    terminalFonts: di.inject(terminalFontsInjectable),
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/app.scss b/src/renderer/components/app.scss
index f44d1ee165..b8dd5007b1 100755
--- a/src/renderer/components/app.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/components/app.scss
@@ -232,22 +232,6 @@ iframe {
   }
 }
 
-#fonts-preloading {
-  > span {
-    position: absolute;
-    visibility: hidden;
-    height: 0;
-
-    &:before {
-      width: 0;
-      display: block;
-      overflow: hidden;
-      content: "text-example"; // some text required to start applying/rendering font in document
-      font-family: inherit; // font-family must be specified via style="" (see: template.html)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 // app's common loading indicator, displaying on the route transitions
 #loading {
   position: absolute;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/create-terminal.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/create-terminal.injectable.ts
index 27c7c0664a..2ff82e2c17 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/create-terminal.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/create-terminal.injectable.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import type { TabId } from "../dock/store";
 import type { TerminalApi } from "../../../api/terminal-api";
 import terminalSpawningPoolInjectable from "./terminal-spawning-pool.injectable";
 import terminalConfigInjectable from "../../../../common/user-store/terminal-config.injectable";
-import terminalCopyOnSelectInjectable from "../../../../common/user-store/terminal-copy-on-select.injectable";
+import terminalCopyOnSelectInjectable
+  from "../../../../common/user-store/terminal-copy-on-select.injectable";
 import isMacInjectable from "../../../../common/vars/is-mac.injectable";
 import openLinkInBrowserInjectable from "../../../../common/utils/open-link-in-browser.injectable";
 import xtermColorThemeInjectable from "../../../themes/terminal-colors.injectable";
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-fonts.global-override-for-injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-fonts.global-override-for-injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb549af384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-fonts.global-override-for-injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { getGlobalOverride } from "../../../../common/test-utils/get-global-override";
+import { preloadAllTerminalFontsInjectable } from "./terminal-fonts.injectable";
+
+export default getGlobalOverride(preloadAllTerminalFontsInjectable, () => {
+  return {
+    id: "",
+    async run() {
+    },
+  };
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-fonts.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-fonts.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1609f8b411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-fonts.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { beforeFrameStartsFirstInjectionToken } from "../../../before-frame-starts/tokens";
+import RobotoMono from "../../../fonts/Roboto-Mono-nerd.ttf"; // patched font with icons
+import AnonymousPro from "../../../fonts/AnonymousPro-Regular.ttf";
+import IBMPlexMono from "../../../fonts/IBMPlexMono-Regular.ttf";
+import JetBrainsMono from "../../../fonts/JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf";
+import RedHatMono from "../../../fonts/RedHatMono-Regular.ttf";
+import SourceCodePro from "../../../fonts/SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf";
+import SpaceMono from "../../../fonts/SpaceMono-Regular.ttf";
+import UbuntuMono from "../../../fonts/UbuntuMono-Regular.ttf";
+
+export const terminalFontsInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "terminalFontsInjectable",
+
+  instantiate() {
+    return new Map([
+      ["RobotoMono", RobotoMono],
+      ["Anonymous Pro", AnonymousPro],
+      ["IBM Plex Mono", IBMPlexMono],
+      ["JetBrains Mono", JetBrainsMono],
+      ["Red Hat Mono", RedHatMono],
+      ["Source Code Pro", SourceCodePro],
+      ["Space Mono", SpaceMono],
+      ["Ubuntu Mono", UbuntuMono],
+    ]);
+  },
+});
+
+
+export const preloadTerminalFontInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "preloadTerminalFontInjectable",
+
+  instantiate(di) {
+    const terminalFonts = di.inject(terminalFontsInjectable);
+
+    return async function (fontFamily: string): Promise<void> {
+      const fontBundledPath = terminalFonts.get(fontFamily);
+      const fontLoaded = document.fonts.check(`10px ${fontFamily}`);
+
+      if (fontLoaded || !fontBundledPath) return;
+
+      const font = new FontFace(fontFamily, `url(${fontBundledPath})`);
+
+      document.fonts.add(font);
+      await font.load();
+    };
+  },
+
+  causesSideEffects: true,
+});
+
+export const preloadAllTerminalFontsInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "preloadAllTerminalFontsInjectable",
+
+  instantiate(di) {
+    const terminalFonts = di.inject(terminalFontsInjectable);
+    const preloadFont = di.inject(preloadTerminalFontInjectable);
+
+    return {
+      id: "preload-all-terminal-fonts",
+
+      async run() {
+        await Promise.allSettled(
+          Array.from(terminalFonts.keys()).map(preloadFont),
+        );
+      },
+    };
+  },
+
+  injectionToken: beforeFrameStartsFirstInjectionToken,
+
+  causesSideEffects: true,
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/fonts.scss b/src/renderer/components/fonts.scss
index 40f9e9625b..ebbe2894dc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/fonts.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/components/fonts.scss
@@ -44,58 +44,3 @@
   font-display: block;
   src: url("../fonts/MaterialIcons-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
 }
-
-
-// Terminal fonts (monospaced)
-// Source: https://fonts.google.com/?category=Monospace
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "Anonymous Pro";
-  src: local("Anonymous Pro"), url("../fonts/AnonymousPro-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
-  font-display: block;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono";
-  src: local("IBM Plex Mono"), url("../fonts/IBMPlexMono-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
-  font-display: block;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "JetBrains Mono";
-  src: local("JetBrains Mono"), url("../fonts/JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
-  font-display: block;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "Red Hat Mono";
-  src: local("Red Hat Mono"), url("../fonts/RedHatMono-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
-  font-display: block;
-}
-
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "Source Code Pro";
-  src: local("Source Code Pro"), url("../fonts/SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
-  font-display: block;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "Space Mono";
-  src: local("Space Mono"), url("../fonts/SpaceMono-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
-  font-display: block;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "Ubuntu Mono";
-  src: local("Ubuntu Mono"), url("../fonts/UbuntuMono-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
-  font-display: block;
-}
-
-// Patched RobotoMono font with icons
-// RobotoMono Windows Compatible for using in terminal
-// https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/RobotoMono
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "RobotoMono";
-  src: local("RobotoMono"), url("../fonts/Roboto-Mono-nerd.ttf") format("truetype");
-  font-display: block;
-}
diff --git a/src/renderer/template.html b/src/renderer/template.html
index 5860854d9a..87ea5dca3d 100755
--- a/src/renderer/template.html
+++ b/src/renderer/template.html
@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <div id="app"></div>
-    <div id="fonts-preloading">
-      <span style="font-family: 'Material Icons'" />
-      <span style="font-family: 'RobotoMono'" />
-      <span style="font-family: 'Anonymous Pro'" />
-      <span style="font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono'" />
-      <span style="font-family: 'JetBrains Mono'" />
-      <span style="font-family: 'Red Hat Mono'" />
-      <span style="font-family: 'Source Code Pro'" />
-      <span style="font-family: 'Space Mono'" />
-      <span style="font-family: 'Ubuntu Mono'" />
-    </div>
     <div id="terminal-init"></div>
   </body>
 </html>