diff --git a/src/cata_imgui.cpp b/src/cata_imgui.cpp
index 578c9709730bb..6243488674d14 100644
--- a/src/cata_imgui.cpp
+++ b/src/cata_imgui.cpp
@@ -255,20 +255,21 @@ static int GetFallbackCharWidth( ImWchar c, const float scale )
     return fontwidth * mk_wcwidth( c ) * scale;
 }
 
-void cataimgui::client::load_fonts( const std::unique_ptr<Font> &cata_font,
-                                    const std::array<SDL_Color, color_loader<SDL_Color>::COLOR_NAMES_COUNT> &windowsPalette )
+void cataimgui::client::load_fonts( const Font_Ptr &cata_font,
+                                    const std::array<SDL_Color, color_loader<SDL_Color>::COLOR_NAMES_COUNT> &windowsPalette,
+                                    const std::vector<std::string> &typefaces )
 {
     ImGuiIO &io = ImGui::GetIO();
     if( ImGui::GetIO().FontDefault == nullptr ) {
-        std::vector<std::string> typefaces;
-        ensure_unifont_loaded( typefaces );
+        std::vector<std::string> io_typefaces{ typefaces };
+        ensure_unifont_loaded( io_typefaces );
 
         for( size_t index = 0; index < color_loader<SDL_Color>::COLOR_NAMES_COUNT; index++ ) {
             SDL_Color sdlCol = windowsPalette[index];
             ImU32 rgb = sdlCol.b << 16 | sdlCol.g << 8 | sdlCol.r;
             sdlColorsToCata[rgb] = index;
         }
-        io.FontDefault = io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF( typefaces[0].c_str(), fontheight, nullptr,
+        io.FontDefault = io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF( io_typefaces[0].c_str(), fontheight, nullptr,
                          io.Fonts->GetGlyphRangesDefault() );
         io.Fonts->Fonts[0]->SetFallbackStrSizeCallback( GetFallbackStrWidth );
         io.Fonts->Fonts[0]->SetFallbackCharSizeCallback( GetFallbackCharWidth );
diff --git a/src/cata_imgui.h b/src/cata_imgui.h
index 3e23ef3af667c..c927d0ade6bd5 100644
--- a/src/cata_imgui.h
+++ b/src/cata_imgui.h
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ class client
 #else
         client( const SDL_Renderer_Ptr &sdl_renderer, const SDL_Window_Ptr &sdl_window,
                 const GeometryRenderer_Ptr &sdl_geometry );
-        void load_fonts( const std::unique_ptr<Font> &cata_font,
-                         const std::array<SDL_Color, color_loader<SDL_Color>::COLOR_NAMES_COUNT> &windowsPalette );
+        void load_fonts( const std::unique_ptr<Font> &cata_fonts,
+                         const std::array<SDL_Color, color_loader<SDL_Color>::COLOR_NAMES_COUNT> &windowsPalette,
+                         const std::vector<std::string> &typeface );
 #endif
         ~client();
 
diff --git a/src/sdltiles.cpp b/src/sdltiles.cpp
index 44eb79bb479aa..ba782827c9ed9 100644
--- a/src/sdltiles.cpp
+++ b/src/sdltiles.cpp
@@ -3728,7 +3728,7 @@ void catacurses::init_interface()
                    windowsPalette, fl.overmap_typeface, fl.overmap_fontsize, fl.fontblending );
     stdscr = newwin( get_terminal_height(), get_terminal_width(), point_zero );
     //newwin calls `new WINDOW`, and that will throw, but not return nullptr.
-    imclient->load_fonts( font, windowsPalette );
+    imclient->load_fonts( font, windowsPalette, fl.typeface );
 #if defined(__ANDROID__)
     // Make sure we initialize preview_terminal_width/height to sensible values
     preview_terminal_width = TERMINAL_WIDTH * fontwidth;