diff --git a/src/features/terminal/ui/TerminalView.test.ts b/src/features/terminal/ui/TerminalView.test.ts
index 55b23251b..d2eccbfe1 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/ui/TerminalView.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/terminal/ui/TerminalView.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const pty = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   getPtyStatus: vi.fn(async () => ({ foreground: null })),
 }));
 vi.mock("../../../platform/tauri/pty", () => pty);
+const xterm = vi.hoisted(() => ({ options: [] as { fontFamily?: string }[] }));
 vi.mock("../model/terminalLayout", () => ({
   fitTerminal: () => null,
   applyTerminalChrome: () => {},
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ vi.mock("../model/terminalLayout", () => ({
 }));
 vi.mock("@xterm/xterm", () => ({
   Terminal: class {
+    constructor(options: { fontFamily?: string }) {
+      xterm.options.push(options);
+    }
     cols = 80;
     rows = 24;
     options = {};
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ vi.mock("@xterm/xterm", () => ({
 import { TerminalView } from "./TerminalView";
 
 afterEach(() => {
+  xterm.options.length = 0;
   vi.clearAllMocks();
   vi.unstubAllGlobals();
 });
@@ -176,3 +181,23 @@ it("does not hold a different terminal behind another one's teardown", async ()
     host.remove();
   }
 });
+
+it("uses the terminal-specific font stack", async () => {
+  const { host, root } = setup();
+  const stack = '"Test Nerd Font", monospace';
+  document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--font-terminal", stack);
+  try {
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.render(
+        createElement(TerminalView, { id: "font", cwd: "/tmp", active: true }),
+      );
+    });
+    expect(xterm.options[0]?.fontFamily).toBe(stack);
+  } finally {
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.unmount();
+    });
+    host.remove();
+    document.documentElement.style.removeProperty("--font-terminal");
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/ui/TerminalView.tsx b/src/features/terminal/ui/TerminalView.tsx
index 4a888c5bd..58ad22711 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/ui/TerminalView.tsx
+++ b/src/features/terminal/ui/TerminalView.tsx
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ function terminalTheme(light: boolean) {
   };
 }
 
-function monoFont(): string {
+function terminalFont(): string {
   const fromCss = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
-    .getPropertyValue("--font-mono")
+    .getPropertyValue("--font-terminal")
     .trim();
   return fromCss || "ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, monospace";
 }
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export function TerminalView({ id, cwd, active, onMetaChange }: Props) {
     const term = new Terminal({
       cursorBlink: true,
       cursorStyle: "bar",
-      fontFamily: monoFont(),
+      fontFamily: terminalFont(),
       fontSize: 13,
       lineHeight: 1,
       letterSpacing: 0,
diff --git a/src/styles/index.css b/src/styles/index.css
index d595b839c..244d1865d 100644
--- a/src/styles/index.css
+++ b/src/styles/index.css
@@ -99,6 +99,21 @@
   );
 }
 
+/* Static so Tailwind always emits it: only xterm reads it, via JS. */
+@theme static {
+  /* Terminal-only stack. JetBrains Mono Nerd Font leads so prompt text and
+     icons share one face; the Nerd Font families after the system monos fill
+     Private Use Area glyphs (powerline arrows, git/folder icons) because
+     WebKit's fallback never reaches user-installed icon fonts on its own. */
+  --font-terminal:
+    "JetBrainsMono NFM", "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono", "JetBrainsMono NF",
+    ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, "Symbols Nerd Font Mono",
+    "Symbols Nerd Font", "MesloLGS NF", "MesloLGS Nerd Font Mono",
+    "FiraCode Nerd Font Mono", "Hack Nerd Font Mono",
+    "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono", Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New",
+    monospace;
+}
+
 :root {
   --motion-reorder-duration: 160ms;
   --motion-tab-close-duration: 200ms;