diff --git a/src/features/settings/__tests__/dialog.test.tsx b/src/features/settings/__tests__/dialog.test.tsx
index 42591fcd..32ceed56 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/__tests__/dialog.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/__tests__/dialog.test.tsx
@@ -128,6 +128,26 @@ describe("Settings dialog", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("edits and saves independent custom font weights", async () => {
+    const dialog = await openDialog("editor.font");
+    for (const [label, value] of [
+      ["Main font weight", "449"],
+      ["Bold font weight", "650"],
+    ]) {
+      fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole("button", { name: label }));
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("option", { name: "Custom" }));
+      fireEvent.change(within(dialog).getByLabelText(`${label} custom value`), { target: { value } });
+    }
+    const preview = within(dialog).getByLabelText("Font preview");
+    expect(preview.style.getPropertyValue("--fw-code")).toBe("450");
+    expect(preview.style.getPropertyValue("--fw-code-bold")).toBe("650");
+    await act(async () => fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole("button", { name: "Apply" })));
+    expect(settingsSet.mock.calls).toEqual([
+      ["global", "editor.boldFontWeight", "650"],
+      ["global", "editor.fontWeight", "450"],
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("Cancel discards staged edits", async () => {
     const dialog = await openDialog("editor.codeStyle.other");
     fireEvent.change(within(dialog).getByLabelText("Tab size"), { target: { value: "2" } });
diff --git a/src/features/settings/pages/editor/font.tsx b/src/features/settings/pages/editor/font.tsx
index 3c422d86..25e0eb20 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/pages/editor/font.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/pages/editor/font.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { Checkbox, type SelectOption, T } from "@/ui";
 import { monoFontFamily } from "@/platform/fonts";
 import { NumberInput, Row, SearchLabel, Select } from "../../components/Form";
-import { useLabelMatch, useSetting } from "../../components/context";
+import { useLabelMatch, usePageContext, useSetting } from "../../components/context";
 import { FONT_WEIGHTS, fontWeightOf, fontWeightVars } from "@/platform/editorSettings";
 import { LIMITS } from "../../model/schema";
 import { editorPage } from "./kit";
@@ -135,7 +135,32 @@ function FallbackRow() {
   );
 }
 
-const WEIGHT_OPTIONS: SelectOption[] = FONT_WEIGHTS.map(([w, name]) => ({ value: String(w), label: name, detail: String(w) }));
+const WEIGHT_OPTIONS: SelectOption[] = [
+  ...FONT_WEIGHTS.map(([w, name]) => ({ value: String(w), label: name, detail: String(w) })),
+  { value: "custom", label: "Custom" },
+];
+
+function WeightRow({ label, value, onChange, defaultWeight, hint }: { label: string; value: number; onChange: (value: number) => void; defaultWeight: number; hint?: string }) {
+  const [customSelected, setCustomSelected] = useState(false);
+  const weight = fontWeightOf(value, defaultWeight);
+  const custom = customSelected || !FONT_WEIGHTS.some(([w]) => w === weight);
+  return (
+    <Row label={label} hint={hint}>
+      <Select
+        value={custom ? "custom" : String(weight)}
+        options={WEIGHT_OPTIONS}
+        onChange={(v) => {
+          setCustomSelected(v === "custom");
+          if (v !== "custom") onChange(Number(v));
+        }}
+        aria-label={label}
+      />
+      {custom && (
+        <NumberInput value={weight} onChange={(n) => onChange(fontWeightOf(n, defaultWeight))} min={100} max={900} step={50} integer aria-label={`${label} custom value`} />
+      )}
+    </Row>
+  );
+}
 
 /**
  * IDEA's Main / Bold font weight. IDEA lists the weights the family ships; the
@@ -143,26 +168,13 @@ const WEIGHT_OPTIONS: SelectOption[] = FONT_WEIGHTS.map(([w, name]) => ({ value:
  * standard names (the WebView picks the nearest face or synthesises bold).
  */
 function WeightRows() {
+  const { scope } = usePageContext();
   const [main, setMain] = useSetting<number>("editor.fontWeight");
   const [bold, setBold] = useSetting<number>("editor.boldFontWeight");
   return (
     <>
-      <Row label="Main font weight">
-        <Select
-          value={String(fontWeightOf(main, 400))}
-          options={WEIGHT_OPTIONS}
-          onChange={(v) => setMain(Number(v))}
-          aria-label="Main font weight"
-        />
-      </Row>
-      <Row label="Bold font weight" hint="Used wherever the color scheme shows text in bold">
-        <Select
-          value={String(fontWeightOf(bold, 700))}
-          options={WEIGHT_OPTIONS}
-          onChange={(v) => setBold(Number(v))}
-          aria-label="Bold font weight"
-        />
-      </Row>
+      <WeightRow key={`${scope}-main`} label="Main font weight" value={main} onChange={setMain} defaultWeight={400} />
+      <WeightRow key={`${scope}-bold`} label="Bold font weight" value={bold} onChange={setBold} defaultWeight={700} hint="Used wherever the color scheme shows text in bold" />
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/colorScheme.test.ts b/src/platform/colorScheme.test.ts
index d41867cc..1b6f3f5e 100644
--- a/src/platform/colorScheme.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/colorScheme.test.ts
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ describe("color schemes", () => {
     const d = validateEditorExtras({});
     expect([d.fontWeight, d.boldFontWeight]).toEqual([400, 700]);
     const v = validateEditorExtras({ fontWeight: 349, boldFontWeight: 1200 });
-    expect([v.fontWeight, v.boldFontWeight]).toEqual([300, 900]);
+    expect([v.fontWeight, v.boldFontWeight]).toEqual([350, 900]);
     expect(validateEditorExtras({ fontWeight: "bold" }).fontWeight).toBe(400);
     expect(fontWeightVars(500, undefined)).toEqual({ "--fw-code": "500", "--fw-code-bold": "700" });
+    expect(fontWeightVars(450, 650)).toEqual({ "--fw-code": "450", "--fw-code-bold": "650" });
   });
 
   it("coerces editor settings to their defaults' shape", () => {
diff --git a/src/platform/editorSettings.ts b/src/platform/editorSettings.ts
index a51d2fad..07e8ac12 100644
--- a/src/platform/editorSettings.ts
+++ b/src/platform/editorSettings.ts
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ export const FONT_WEIGHTS: ReadonlyArray<readonly [number, string]> = [
   [900, "Black"],
 ];
 
-/** Nearest CSS weight step (100–900); `def` for anything that is not a number. */
+/** CSS weight from 100 to 900, rounded to the nearest 50. */
 export function fontWeightOf(raw: unknown, def: number): number {
   if (typeof raw !== "number" || !Number.isFinite(raw)) return def;
-  return Math.min(900, Math.max(100, Math.round(raw / 100) * 100));
+  return Math.min(900, Math.max(100, Math.round(raw / 50) * 50));
 }
 
 /** `--fw-code` / `--fw-code-bold`: what editor-font text and its bold runs render with. */