diff --git a/tests/charts_visual.spec.ts b/tests/charts_visual.spec.ts
index f42a3b6..17fec6d 100644
--- a/tests/charts_visual.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/charts_visual.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import {expect, test} from '@playwright/test';
-import {setupGedcomRoute, waitForFonts} from './helpers';
+import {setupGedcomRoute, setupHermeticEnvironment} from './helpers';
 
 test.describe('Core SVG Canvas Layouts @visual', () => {
-  test.beforeEach(async ({page, context}) => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({context}) => {
+    await setupHermeticEnvironment(context);
     await setupGedcomRoute(context);
-    await page.goto('/');
-    await waitForFonts(page);
   });
 
   const layouts = [
diff --git a/tests/charts_visual.spec.ts-snapshots/chart-hourglass-visual-linux.png b/tests/charts_visual.spec.ts-snapshots/chart-hourglass-visual-linux.png
index 340d9bf..6e13fce 100644
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diff --git a/tests/charts_visual.spec.ts-snapshots/chart-relatives-visual-linux.png b/tests/charts_visual.spec.ts-snapshots/chart-relatives-visual-linux.png
index 0bfc5eb..9c99200 100644
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diff --git a/tests/config_visual.spec.ts b/tests/config_visual.spec.ts
index 5882c2d..7751473 100644
--- a/tests/config_visual.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/config_visual.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import {expect, test} from '@playwright/test';
-import {setupGedcomRoute, waitForFonts} from './helpers';
+import {setupGedcomRoute, setupHermeticEnvironment} from './helpers';
 
 test.describe('Configurations Integration @visual', () => {
   test.beforeEach(async ({page, context}) => {
+    await setupHermeticEnvironment(context);
     await setupGedcomRoute(context);
-    await page.goto('/');
-    await waitForFonts(page);
 
     await page.goto('/#/view?url=https://example.org/family.ged');
 
diff --git a/tests/details_visual.spec.ts b/tests/details_visual.spec.ts
index deee425..c2e182d 100644
--- a/tests/details_visual.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/details_visual.spec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import {expect, test} from '@playwright/test';
 import dedent from 'dedent';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
-import {mockGedcomResponse, setupHermeticEnvironment, waitForFonts} from './helpers';
+import {mockGedcomResponse, setupHermeticEnvironment} from './helpers';
 
 test.describe('Details panel visual validation @visual', () => {
-  test.beforeEach(async ({page, context}) => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({context}) => {
     await setupHermeticEnvironment(context);
-    await page.goto('/');
-    await waitForFonts(page);
   });
 
   test('Complex Names Test', async ({page, context}) => {
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/Montserrat-Bold.woff2 b/tests/fixtures/Montserrat-Bold.woff2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dab8f33
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/Montserrat-Regular.woff2 b/tests/fixtures/Montserrat-Regular.woff2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e96845a
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/montserrat.woff2 b/tests/fixtures/montserrat.woff2
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b2eaa9..0000000
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diff --git a/tests/helpers.ts b/tests/helpers.ts
index 9e75fcf..43b1dfa 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,68 @@
-import {BrowserContext, Page} from '@playwright/test';
+import {BrowserContext} from '@playwright/test';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 
 /**
  * Sets up a hermetic test environment by blocking external tracking services
- * and intercepting Google Fonts to serve static embedded fonts locally.
+ * and intercepting index.html to serve static embedded fonts locally.
  */
-export async function setupHermeticEnvironment(context: BrowserContext): Promise<void> {
+export async function setupHermeticEnvironment(
+  context: BrowserContext,
+): Promise<void> {
   await context.route('**/*google-analytics.com/**', (route) => route.abort());
   await context.route('**/*googletagmanager.com/**', (route) => route.abort());
 
-  // Intercept Google Fonts stylesheet requests to serve a deterministically embedded local font.
-  await context.route('**/fonts.googleapis.com/css2**', async (route) => {
-    const cssContent = `
+  // Intercept index.html to serve preloaded local fonts deterministically.
+  await context.route(
+    (url) => url.pathname === '/',
+    async (route) => {
+      const response = await route.fetch();
+      let body = await response.text();
+      body = body.replace(
+        /^.*Montserrat.*$/m,
+        `    <link rel="preload" href="Montserrat-Regular.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
+    <link rel="preload" href="Montserrat-Bold.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
+    <style>
       @font-face {
         font-family: 'Montserrat';
         font-style: normal;
-        font-weight: 100 900;
-        font-display: block;
-        src: url('http://localhost:3000/test-fonts/montserrat.woff2') format('woff2');
+        font-weight: 400;
+        src: url('Montserrat-Regular.woff2') format('woff2');
       }
       @font-face {
         font-family: 'Montserrat';
-        font-style: italic;
-        font-weight: 100 900;
-        font-display: block;
-        src: url('http://localhost:3000/test-fonts/montserrat.woff2') format('woff2');
+        font-style: normal;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        src: url('Montserrat-Bold.woff2') format('woff2');
       }
-    `;
+      text {
+        -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+        -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+        text-rendering: geometricPrecision;
+      }
+    </style>`,
+      );
+      await route.fulfill({
+        response,
+        body,
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
+  // Intercept requests for the locally embedded test fonts and serve the static binaries.
+  await context.route('**/Montserrat-Regular.woff2', async (route) => {
+    const fontBuffer = fs.readFileSync(
+      'tests/fixtures/Montserrat-Regular.woff2',
+    );
     await route.fulfill({
       status: 200,
-      contentType: 'text/css',
+      contentType: 'font/woff2',
       headers: {'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*'},
-      body: cssContent,
+      body: fontBuffer,
     });
   });
 
-  // Intercept requests for the locally embedded test font and serve the static binary.
-  await context.route('**/test-fonts/montserrat.woff2', async (route) => {
-    const fontBuffer = fs.readFileSync('tests/fixtures/montserrat.woff2');
+  await context.route('**/Montserrat-Bold.woff2', async (route) => {
+    const fontBuffer = fs.readFileSync('tests/fixtures/Montserrat-Bold.woff2');
     await route.fulfill({
       status: 200,
       contentType: 'font/woff2',
@@ -75,12 +100,4 @@ export async function setupGedcomRoute(context: BrowserContext): Promise<void> {
   );
 
   await mockGedcomResponse(context, gedcomContent);
-  await setupHermeticEnvironment(context);
-}
-
-/**
- * Ensures all custom web fonts are fully loaded and rendered.
- */
-export async function waitForFonts(page: Page): Promise<void> {
-  await page.evaluate(() => document.fonts.ready);
 }
diff --git a/tests/intro_visual.spec.ts b/tests/intro_visual.spec.ts
index 1bb622f..30bfa90 100644
--- a/tests/intro_visual.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/intro_visual.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import {expect, test} from '@playwright/test';
-import {setupHermeticEnvironment, waitForFonts} from './helpers';
+import {setupHermeticEnvironment} from './helpers';
 
 test.describe('Intro page visual validation @visual', () => {
   test.beforeEach(async ({page, context}) => {
     await setupHermeticEnvironment(context);
     await page.goto('/');
-    await waitForFonts(page);
   });
 
   test('intro-page', async ({page}) => {