diff --git a/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue b/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue
index 012379d..1271437 100644
--- a/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue
+++ b/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script setup>
-import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme'
+import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme-without-fonts'
 import { useData } from 'vitepress'
 import NotFound from './NotFound.vue'
 import HomeCodeSnippet from './HomeCodeSnippet.vue'
diff --git a/.vitepress/theme/custom.css b/.vitepress/theme/custom.css
index 14213ec..c7c49c7 100644
--- a/.vitepress/theme/custom.css
+++ b/.vitepress/theme/custom.css
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* ══ Typography ══ */
 
-/* Inter Variable — self-hosted, font-display: optional (no FOUT) */
+/* Inter Variable — self-hosted, font-display: optional to avoid late visible swap.
+   On cold loads over slow connections the browser may keep fallback fonts for that
+   navigation; on repeat visits the font is cached and loads within the ~100ms window. */
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Inter Variable';
   font-style: normal;
diff --git a/.vitepress/theme/index.ts b/.vitepress/theme/index.ts
index 0b5ac92..679d81c 100644
--- a/.vitepress/theme/index.ts
+++ b/.vitepress/theme/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme'
+import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme-without-fonts'
 import type { Theme } from 'vitepress'
 import { useRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import { theme, useOpenapi } from 'vitepress-openapi/client'