diff --git a/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs b/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
index ce882911c77..5ff406dc84b 100644
--- a/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export function mobileWebAppBuildOptions(routes) {
     // Images are emitted as same-origin assets, not data: URLs, so their content-hashed names keep
     // the buildId reproducible and the bytes out of every chunk that imports one. The policy now
     // admits data: for images, but that is for a preview the page composes at runtime, not for a
-    // bundled asset. A font would fail the build here rather than silently ship under font-src 'none'.
+    // bundled asset. The terminal font also uses its own hashed asset to avoid base64 overhead.
     loader: {
       ...ROUTE_SOURCE_LOADERS,
       '.png': 'file',
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ export function mobileWebAppBuildOptions(routes) {
       '.jpeg': 'file',
       '.gif': 'file',
       '.webp': 'file',
-      '.svg': 'file'
+      '.svg': 'file',
+      '.woff2': 'file'
     },
     assetNames: '[hash]',
     // Absolute, because the document is served at every route depth and a path relative to the
diff --git a/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.test.mjs b/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.test.mjs
index 11b36f5dc21..59279d4247b 100644
--- a/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.test.mjs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   MOBILE_WEB_APP_SOURCE_DIRS,
   assertAssetCeilingFitsShell,
   mobileWebAppBundleMaxAssets,
+  mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes,
   mobileWebAppBundleMaxChunks,
   readMobileWebBundleMaxAssets,
   verifyMobileWebAppBundle
@@ -380,6 +381,41 @@ describeBundling('the app bundle', () => {
 })
 
 describe('the Phase C budget', () => {
+  it('reserves the font allowance only for the exact licensed symbol asset', async () => {
+    const font = hashedAsset(
+      await readFile(join(projectDir, 'mobile/assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2')),
+      'woff2'
+    )
+    const manifest = { totalBytes: font.byteLength + 123, assets: [font] }
+    expect(mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes(manifest)).toBe(123)
+    expect(
+      mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes({
+        ...manifest,
+        totalBytes: font.byteLength + MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES + 1
+      })
+    ).toBeGreaterThan(MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES)
+    expect(mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes({ totalBytes: 123, assets: [] })).toBe(123)
+    for (const change of [
+      { path: 'assets/another.woff2' },
+      { sha256: 'a'.repeat(64) },
+      { contentType: 'text/javascript' },
+      { byteLength: font.byteLength + 1 }
+    ]) {
+      expect(() =>
+        mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes({ ...manifest, assets: [{ ...font, ...change }] })
+      ).toThrow(/approved hash, path, MIME type and bounded byte length/)
+    }
+    expect(() => mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes({ ...manifest, assets: [font, font] })).toThrow(
+      /only one licensed terminal font/
+    )
+    expect(
+      mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes({
+        totalBytes: font.byteLength,
+        assets: [{ ...font, path: 'assets/code.js', contentType: 'text/javascript' }]
+      })
+    ).toBe(font.byteLength)
+  })
+
   it('sits below the contract per-asset ceiling, so growth trips a build not a phone', () => {
     expect(MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES).toBeLessThan(MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_MAX_ASSET_BYTES)
   })
@@ -389,7 +425,9 @@ describe('the Phase C budget', () => {
     async () => {
       const { manifest, chunkCount, entryStaticBytes, imageCount, routeKeys } =
         await readWrittenBundle()
-      expect(manifest.totalBytes).toBeLessThanOrEqual(MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES)
+      expect(mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes(manifest)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(
+        MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES
+      )
       expect(manifest.assets.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(
         mobileWebAppBundleMaxAssets(routeKeys.length, imageCount)
       )
diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-render-harness.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-render-harness.mjs
index ffdfc690da2..6c865082a61 100644
--- a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-render-harness.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-render-harness.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createServer } from 'node:http'
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
-import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { extname, join } from 'node:path'
+import { contentTypeForExtension } from './mobile-web-bundle-manifest.mjs'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
 export const projectDir = fileURLToPath(new URL('../..', import.meta.url))
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ export async function createBundleServer({
       (real) => {
         const bytes = transformChunk ? transformChunk(path, real) : real
         const headers = {
-          'content-type': file.endsWith('.js') ? 'text/javascript' : 'text/html'
+          'content-type': contentTypeForExtension(extname(file).slice(1))
         }
         // The document carries the shell's real policy, so a directive the page violates fails
         // here rather than on a phone. Assets carry none, exactly as the native handler does.
diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-render.test.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-render.test.mjs
index b9d59de4689..8c712c04a4a 100644
--- a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-render.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-render.test.mjs
@@ -328,9 +328,10 @@ describe('the shell policy this page is tested under', () => {
     expect(cspHeader).not.toContain("script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'")
   })
 
-  it('admits data: and https: for images and for nothing else', () => {
+  it('admits embedded fonts and limits external sources to images', () => {
     expect(cspHeader.split('; ').filter((entry) => entry.includes('data:'))).toEqual([
-      "img-src 'self' data: blob: https:"
+      "img-src 'self' data: blob: https:",
+      "font-src 'self' data:"
     ])
     expect(cspHeader.split('; ').filter((entry) => entry.includes('https:'))).toEqual([
       "img-src 'self' data: blob: https:"
diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-font-render.test.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-font-render.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55c5a6634b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-font-render.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { mobileWebAppDependenciesPresent } from './mobile-web-app-bundle-dependencies.mjs'
+import {
+  openProbeTerminal,
+  startTerminalRenderFixture
+} from './mobile-web-app-terminal-render-fixture.mjs'
+
+const describeRender = mobileWebAppDependenciesPresent() ? describe : describe.skip
+let fixture = null
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  if (mobileWebAppDependenciesPresent()) {
+    fixture = await startTerminalRenderFixture()
+  }
+}, 600_000)
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await fixture?.close()
+})
+
+const openTerminal = (options) => fixture.openTerminal(options)
+
+describeRender('terminal font startup and late painting', () => {
+  it('opens on a stalled font and replaces cached fallback glyphs when it finally arrives', async () => {
+    let releaseFont = () => {}
+    const fontGate = new Promise((resolve) => {
+      releaseFont = resolve
+    })
+    const { page } = await openTerminal({
+      beforeNavigate: async (page) => {
+        await page.route('**/*.woff2', async (route) => {
+          await fontGate
+          await route.continue()
+        })
+      }
+    })
+    try {
+      expect(
+        await page.evaluate(() => document.fonts.check('13px "Orca Nerd Font Symbols"', '\ue0b0'))
+      ).toBe(false)
+      await openProbeTerminal(page)
+      await page.evaluate(() =>
+        globalThis.__orcaTerminalProbe.write('\x1b[?25l\x1b[2J\x1b[H\uf07b')
+      )
+      const screen = page.locator('.xterm-screen')
+      expect(await screen.locator('canvas').count()).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+      await page.evaluate(
+        () => new Promise((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(resolve)))
+      )
+      const box = await screen.boundingBox()
+      expect(box).toBeTruthy()
+      const clip = { x: box.x, y: box.y, width: 20, height: 20 }
+      // Playwright screenshots wait for fonts, which would hide the stalled-font frame.
+      const cdp = await page.context().newCDPSession(page)
+      const capture = async () => {
+        const { data } = await cdp.send('Page.captureScreenshot', {
+          format: 'png',
+          clip: { ...clip, scale: 1 }
+        })
+        return Buffer.from(data, 'base64')
+      }
+      const before = await capture()
+      releaseFont()
+      await page.waitForFunction(
+        () => document.fonts.check('13px "Orca Nerd Font Symbols"', '\ue0b0'),
+        undefined,
+        { timeout: 30_000, polling: 50 }
+      )
+      await page.evaluate(
+        () => new Promise((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(resolve)))
+      )
+      const after = await capture()
+      expect(after.equals(before), 'the folder glyph must repaint after the font arrives').toBe(
+        false
+      )
+      expect(await page.evaluate(() => globalThis.__orcaTerminalEngineErrors)).toEqual([])
+    } finally {
+      releaseFont()
+      await page.close()
+    }
+  }, 300_000)
+
+  it('still opens under an older shell that refuses fonts', async () => {
+    const { page } = await openTerminal({
+      beforeNavigate: async (page) => {
+        await page.route('**/*', async (route) => {
+          const response = await route.fetch()
+          const headers = response.headers()
+          if (headers['content-security-policy']) {
+            headers['content-security-policy'] = headers['content-security-policy'].replace(
+              /font-src[^;]+/,
+              "font-src 'none'"
+            )
+          }
+          await route.fulfill({ response, headers })
+        })
+      }
+    })
+    try {
+      await openProbeTerminal(page)
+      expect(await page.locator('.xterm').count()).toBe(1)
+      expect(
+        await page.evaluate(() => document.fonts.check('13px "Orca Nerd Font Symbols"', '\ue0b0'))
+      ).toBe(false)
+      expect(await page.evaluate(() => globalThis.__orcaTerminalEngineErrors)).toEqual([])
+    } finally {
+      await page.close()
+    }
+  }, 300_000)
+})
diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-render.test.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-render.test.mjs
index 4a08bcece53..bc5ceee693b 100644
--- a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-render.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-render.test.mjs
@@ -90,8 +90,26 @@ describeRender(
     }, 300_000)
 
     it('opens xterm under the shipped policy and paints a dense stream into its buffer', async () => {
-      const { errors, page } = await openTerminal()
+      const fonts = []
+      const { errors, page } = await openTerminal({
+        beforeNavigate: async (page) => {
+          page.on('response', (response) => {
+            if (response.url().endsWith('.woff2')) {
+              fonts.push(response)
+            }
+          })
+        }
+      })
       await openProbeTerminal(page)
+      expect(fonts).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(fonts[0].status()).toBe(200)
+      expect(fonts[0].headers()['content-type']).toBe('font/woff2')
+      expect(new URL(fonts[0].url()).pathname).toBe(
+        '/assets/8efa6ba89f0a1f3eefde028f36aa64a13e36282e15ea0ca6929c664501037467.woff2'
+      )
+      expect(
+        await page.evaluate(() => document.fonts.check('13px "Orca Nerd Font Symbols"', '\ue0b0'))
+      ).toBe(true)
       const applied = await page.evaluate((data) => {
         globalThis.__orcaTerminalProbe.write(data)
         return data.length
diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-bundle-manifest.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-bundle-manifest.mjs
index 3951d0fc1b6..8990aadadbe 100644
--- a/config/scripts/mobile-web-bundle-manifest.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-bundle-manifest.mjs
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ const CONTENT_TYPE_BY_EXTENSION = {
   js: 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8',
   png: 'image/png',
   // The app bundle emits images as same-origin assets rather than data: URLs, so each one is
-  // content-hashed and served from here. Fonts are absent by design: the policy sets
-  // font-src 'none'.
+  // content-hashed and served from here, including the terminal's licensed symbol font.
   jpg: 'image/jpeg',
   jpeg: 'image/jpeg',
   gif: 'image/gif',
   webp: 'image/webp',
-  svg: 'image/svg+xml'
+  svg: 'image/svg+xml',
+  woff2: 'font/woff2'
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/config/scripts/verify-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs b/config/scripts/verify-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
index d2a5eea7da9..96854f6cd8e 100644
--- a/config/scripts/verify-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/verify-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
@@ -44,6 +44,36 @@ export function mobileWebAppBundleMaxAssets(routeCount, imageCount) {
  */
 export const MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES = 9 * 1024 * 1024
 
+// Only this licensed desktop-identical asset has its own allowance; code retains the 9 MiB fence.
+export const MOBILE_WEB_APP_TERMINAL_FONT_MAX_BYTES = 1200 * 1024
+const TERMINAL_FONT_SHA256 = '8efa6ba89f0a1f3eefde028f36aa64a13e36282e15ea0ca6929c664501037467'
+const TERMINAL_FONT_BYTES = 1_177_916
+
+export function mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes(manifest) {
+  const fonts = manifest.assets.filter(
+    (asset) => asset.path.endsWith('.woff2') || asset.contentType.startsWith('font/')
+  )
+  if (fonts.length > 1) {
+    fail('only one licensed terminal font may use the independent font allowance')
+  }
+  const font = fonts[0]
+  if (!font) {
+    return manifest.totalBytes
+  }
+  if (
+    font.path !== `assets/${TERMINAL_FONT_SHA256}.woff2` ||
+    font.sha256 !== TERMINAL_FONT_SHA256 ||
+    font.contentType !== 'font/woff2' ||
+    font.byteLength !== TERMINAL_FONT_BYTES ||
+    font.byteLength > MOBILE_WEB_APP_TERMINAL_FONT_MAX_BYTES
+  ) {
+    fail(
+      'terminal font allowance requires the approved hash, path, MIME type and bounded byte length'
+    )
+  }
+  return manifest.totalBytes - font.byteLength
+}
+
 /**
  * Scripts emitted at every prefix of the sorted route key list, and the route each prefix added.
  *
@@ -222,9 +252,10 @@ export async function verifyMobileWebAppBundle({ bundleDir = defaultBundleDir }
 
   const manifest = assertMobileWebBundleBuilt(bundleDir)
 
-  if (manifest.totalBytes > MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES) {
+  const budgetBytes = mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes(manifest)
+  if (budgetBytes > MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES) {
     fail(
-      `bundle is ${String(manifest.totalBytes)} bytes, over the Phase C budget of ` +
+      `bundle excluding the approved font is ${String(budgetBytes)} bytes, over the Phase C budget of ` +
         `${String(MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES)}`
     )
   }
@@ -275,7 +306,8 @@ if (isDirectInvocation(import.meta.url, process.argv[1])) {
     const manifest = await verifyMobileWebAppBundle()
     console.log(
       `[verify-mobile-web-app-bundle] OK — ${String(manifest.assets.length)} asset(s), ` +
-        `${String(manifest.totalBytes)}/${String(MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES)} bytes, ` +
+        `${String(manifest.totalBytes)} total bytes, ` +
+        `${String(mobileWebAppBundleBudgetBytes(manifest))}/${String(MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES)} bytes excluding the approved font, ` +
         `reproducible buildId ${manifest.buildId}`
     )
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/mobile/assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-OFL.txt b/mobile/assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-OFL.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79c4be4eb46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-OFL.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+Symbols Nerd Font Mono
+
+Copyright (c) 2014, Ryan L McIntyre (https://ryanlmcintyre.com).
+
+This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
+This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
+http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+PREAMBLE
+The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide
+development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation
+efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and
+open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership
+with others.
+
+The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and
+redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The
+fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded,
+redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved
+names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives,
+however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The
+requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply
+to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.
+
+DEFINITIONS
+"Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright
+Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may
+include source files, build scripts and documentation.
+
+"Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the
+copyright statement(s).
+
+"Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as
+distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).
+
+"Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting,
+or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the
+Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a
+new environment.
+
+"Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical
+writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
+
+PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify,
+redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font
+Software, subject to the following conditions:
+
+1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components,
+in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.
+
+2) Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled,
+redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy
+contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be
+included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or
+in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or
+binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.
+
+3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font
+Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding
+Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as
+presented to the users.
+
+4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) or the Author(s) of the Font
+Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any
+Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the
+Copyright Holder(s) and the Author(s) or with their explicit written
+permission.
+
+5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole,
+must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be
+distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to
+remain under this license does not apply to any document created
+using the Font Software.
+
+TERMINATION
+This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are
+not met.
+
+DISCLAIMER
+THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
+OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/mobile/assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2 b/mobile/assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d87766d506
Binary files /dev/null and b/mobile/assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2 differ
diff --git a/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/orcamobilewebshell/MobileWebShellCsp.kt b/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/orcamobilewebshell/MobileWebShellCsp.kt
index f8b952028ea..c46f63655bd 100644
--- a/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/orcamobilewebshell/MobileWebShellCsp.kt
+++ b/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/orcamobilewebshell/MobileWebShellCsp.kt
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ internal val MOBILE_WEB_SHELL_CSP = listOf(
   // `http:` stays out: it reaches no image TLS cannot serve, and a cleartext image is readable and
   // replaceable in flight by anything on the path.
   "img-src 'self' data: blob: https:",
-  "font-src 'none'",
+  // Terminal fonts use bundled same-origin assets or embedded data URLs.
+  "font-src 'self' data:",
   // The origin is one read-only directory behind the manifest map, so 'self' reaches nothing the
   // page cannot already read, and the bootstrap page reads ./manifest.json through it. This is the
   // fence for fetch and XMLHttpRequest; the document-start script covers only the two things the
diff --git a/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/orcamobilewebshell/MobileWebShellCspTest.kt b/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/orcamobilewebshell/MobileWebShellCspTest.kt
index 2bcf5720755..49fc8f13286 100644
--- a/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/orcamobilewebshell/MobileWebShellCspTest.kt
+++ b/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/orcamobilewebshell/MobileWebShellCspTest.kt
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ class MobileWebShellCspTest {
     )
     assertTrue(directives.contains("script-src 'self'"))
     assertFalse(MOBILE_WEB_SHELL_CSP.contains("unsafe-eval"))
-    // Narrowed rather than absent: `data:` is a fetch source for images and for nothing else, so a
-    // directive that grew one would fail here instead of passing a blanket absence check.
+    // Only images and bundled fonts can use embedded data URLs.
     assertEquals(
-      listOf("img-src 'self' data: blob: https:"),
+      listOf("img-src 'self' data: blob: https:", "font-src 'self' data:"),
       directives.filter { it.contains("data:") }
     )
     assertEquals(
diff --git a/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/ios/MobileWebShellCsp.swift b/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/ios/MobileWebShellCsp.swift
index f362890518e..6945f771f6e 100644
--- a/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/ios/MobileWebShellCsp.swift
+++ b/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/ios/MobileWebShellCsp.swift
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ enum MobileWebShellCsp {
     // `http:` stays out: it reaches no image TLS cannot serve, and a cleartext image is readable
     // and replaceable in flight by anything on the path.
     "img-src 'self' data: blob: https:",
-    "font-src 'none'",
+    // Terminal fonts use bundled same-origin assets or embedded data URLs.
+    "font-src 'self' data:",
     // The origin is one read-only directory behind the manifest map, so 'self' reaches nothing the
     // page cannot already read, and the bootstrap page reads ./manifest.json through it. This is
     // the fence for fetch and XMLHttpRequest; the document-start script covers only the two things
diff --git a/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/tests/MobileWebShellChecks.swift b/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/tests/MobileWebShellChecks.swift
index be70ef8d184..91f35c6490e 100644
--- a/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/tests/MobileWebShellChecks.swift
+++ b/mobile/modules/orca-mobile-web-shell/tests/MobileWebShellChecks.swift
@@ -222,9 +222,8 @@ import Foundation
     // arrive as a fetched same-origin script, which is the directive that matters.
     precondition(directives.filter { $0.contains("unsafe-inline") } == ["style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'"])
     precondition(!header.contains("unsafe-eval"))
-    // Narrowed rather than absent: `data:` is a fetch source for images and for nothing else, so a
-    // directive that grew one would fail here instead of passing a blanket absence check.
-    precondition(directives.filter { $0.contains("data:") } == ["img-src 'self' data: blob: https:"])
+    // Only images and bundled fonts can use embedded data URLs.
+    precondition(directives.filter { $0.contains("data:") } == ["img-src 'self' data: blob: https:", "font-src 'self' data:"])
     precondition(directives.filter { $0.contains("blob:") } == ["img-src 'self' data: blob: https:", "media-src blob:"])
     // Same shape for `https:`: images and nothing else. `http:` is not a substring of `https:`, so
     // this still refuses a cleartext source anywhere in the header.
diff --git a/mobile/scripts/build-terminal-webview-engine.mjs b/mobile/scripts/build-terminal-webview-engine.mjs
index c6188c14b5a..ea2315d6e15 100644
--- a/mobile/scripts/build-terminal-webview-engine.mjs
+++ b/mobile/scripts/build-terminal-webview-engine.mjs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
 import * as esbuild from 'esbuild'
+import { terminalNerdFontCss } from '../src/terminal/terminal-nerd-font-css.mjs'
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
 const scriptDir = import.meta.dirname
@@ -96,9 +97,10 @@ async function buildEngineJs() {
 }
 
 async function main() {
-  const [engineJs, rawEngineCss, ...versions] = await Promise.all([
+  const [engineJs, rawEngineCss, nerdFont, ...versions] = await Promise.all([
     buildEngineJs(),
     readFile(require.resolve('@xterm/xterm/css/xterm.css'), 'utf8'),
+    readFile(path.join(mobileRoot, 'assets', 'fonts', 'SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2')),
     ...packages.map(readPackageVersion)
   ])
   // Why: the no-external-URL regression gate bans http(s):// anywhere in the
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@ async function main() {
     .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '')
     .replace(/http:\/\/www\.w3\.org\/2000\/svg/g, 'http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/svg')
 
+  const nerdFontCss = terminalNerdFontCss(`data:font/woff2;base64,${nerdFont.toString('base64')}`)
+
   const header = [
     '// Generated by scripts/build-terminal-webview-engine.mjs.',
     `// Packages: ${versions.join(', ')}.`,
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ async function main() {
       [
         ...header,
         `export const XTERM_ENGINE_CSS = ${JSON.stringify(htmlText(engineCss, 'style'))}`,
+        `export const TERMINAL_NERD_FONT_CSS = ${JSON.stringify(htmlText(nerdFontCss, 'style'))}`,
         ''
       ].join('\n')
     )
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/create-terminal-document.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/create-terminal-document.ts
index 3fc1fdc370c..ccafbb9713f 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/create-terminal-document.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/create-terminal-document.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { createTerminalDocumentScope } from './document-scope'
 import { cancelDocumentFrames } from './document-frame-registry'
 import { startFitScale, stopFitScale } from './fit-scale'
 import { handleMsg } from './host-message-router'
-import { startHostNotify, stopHostNotify } from './host-notify'
+import { reportEngineError, startHostNotify, stopHostNotify } from './host-notify'
 import { startMessageBridge, stopMessageBridge } from './message-bridge'
 import { stopNormalBufferSmoothScroll } from './normal-buffer-smooth-scroll'
 import { startSelectionMenuButtons } from './selection-menu-buttons'
@@ -67,13 +67,23 @@ export function startTerminalDocument(scope: TerminalDocumentScope) {
     startTapDispatch(scope)
     startSelectionMenuButtons(scope)
     startSurfaceTouchGestures(scope)
-    startMessageBridge(scope)
+    startMessageBridge(scope)?.catch(failDeferredStartup.bind(null, scope))
   } catch (error) {
     stopTerminalDocument(scope)
     throw error
   }
 }
 
+function failDeferredStartup(scope: TerminalDocumentScope, error: unknown) {
+  stopTerminalDocument(scope)
+  reportEngineError(
+    scope,
+    'terminal startup failed',
+    error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+    true
+  )
+}
+
 /** The undo, in reverse, with the frames the document is still owed taken back last (ruling 21). */
 export function stopTerminalDocument(scope: TerminalDocumentScope) {
   stopMessageBridge(scope)
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-scope.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-scope.ts
index e63643d0d41..32ffbb84a3a 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-scope.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-scope.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ export type TerminalDocumentState = {
   uninstallErrorReporter: (() => void) | null
   /** `message-bridge`: undoes the host transport's install, or null before one. */
   uninstallHostTransport: (() => void) | null
+  /** `message-bridge`: cancels the bounded font wait and late repaint after disposal. */
+  cancelFontReadiness: (() => void) | null
   /** `fit-scale`: takes the viewport refit's listener off again, or null before one. */
   removeViewportRefit: (() => void) | null
   /** `tap-dispatch`: takes its four document listeners off again, or null before them. */
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ function createTerminalDocumentState(): TerminalDocumentState {
     nonFatalErrorNotifies: 0,
     uninstallErrorReporter: null,
     uninstallHostTransport: null,
+    cancelFontReadiness: null,
     removeViewportRefit: null,
     removeTapDispatch: null,
     removeWebglRecovery: null,
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/message-bridge-fonts.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/message-bridge-fonts.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2aed18fc06d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/message-bridge-fonts.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { terminalDocumentDouble } from './document-terminal-double.test-support'
+import { createTerminalDocumentScope } from './document-scope'
+import { startMessageBridge, stopMessageBridge } from './message-bridge'
+import { startTerminalDocument } from './create-terminal-document'
+import { TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_MARKUP } from '../terminal-webview-html/document-markup'
+
+const originalFonts = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(document, 'fonts')
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.useRealTimers()
+  if (originalFonts) {
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'fonts', originalFonts)
+  } else {
+    Reflect.deleteProperty(document, 'fonts')
+  }
+})
+
+function pendingFonts() {
+  let finish = () => {}
+  let fail = () => {}
+  const loaded = new Promise<FontFace[]>((resolve, reject) => {
+    finish = () => resolve([])
+    fail = () => reject(new Error('font unavailable'))
+  })
+  Object.defineProperty(document, 'fonts', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: { check: () => false, load: () => loaded }
+  })
+  const postToHost = vi.fn()
+  const scope = createTerminalDocumentScope({
+    postToHost,
+    hasEngine: () => true,
+    start: () => ({ shown: false, textScale: 1 }),
+    installHostTransport: () => () => {}
+  })
+  return { fail, finish, loaded, postToHost, scope }
+}
+
+describe('the terminal waits for its bundled glyphs', () => {
+  it('starts once by the deadline if font loading never settles', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    const ready = startMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1999)
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
+    await ready
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({ type: 'web-ready', cellBox: null })
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0)
+    stopMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+  })
+
+  it('clears the fallback atlas when a timed-out font arrives without repeating readiness', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    const terminal = terminalDocumentDouble().terminal
+    const refresh = vi.spyOn(terminal, 'refresh')
+    const clearTextureAtlas = vi.fn()
+    fonts.scope.term = terminal
+    fonts.scope.webglAddon = { dispose() {}, clearTextureAtlas }
+    startMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2000)
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    fonts.finish()
+    await fonts.loaded
+    expect(clearTextureAtlas).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(refresh).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(0, 23)
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(fonts.scope.cancelFontReadiness).toBeNull()
+    stopMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+  })
+
+  it('cancels the deadline and ignores late font completion after disposal', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    const terminal = terminalDocumentDouble().terminal
+    const refresh = vi.spyOn(terminal, 'refresh')
+    const clearTextureAtlas = vi.fn()
+    fonts.scope.term = terminal
+    fonts.scope.webglAddon = { dispose() {}, clearTextureAtlas }
+    const ready = startMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    stopMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    await ready
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0)
+    fonts.finish()
+    await fonts.loaded
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2000)
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(clearTextureAtlas).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(refresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('also ignores font completion after a timed-out document is disposed', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    const clearTextureAtlas = vi.fn()
+    fonts.scope.webglAddon = { dispose() {}, clearTextureAtlas }
+    startMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2000)
+    stopMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    fonts.finish()
+    await fonts.loaded
+    expect(clearTextureAtlas).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
+  it('takes back its deadline after rejection and ignores a later deadline', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    const ready = startMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    fonts.fail()
+    await ready
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2000)
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({ type: 'web-ready', cellBox: null })
+    stopMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+  })
+
+  it('unwinds failed startup reached by the font deadline', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    document.body.innerHTML = TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_MARKUP
+    fonts.scope.postToHost = (message) => {
+      if (message.type === 'web-ready') {
+        throw new Error('timed-out readiness transport failed')
+      }
+      fonts.postToHost(message)
+    }
+    const removeTransport = vi.fn()
+    fonts.scope.installHostTransport = () => removeTransport
+    startTerminalDocument(fonts.scope)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2000)
+    expect(removeTransport).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(fonts.scope.framesStopped).toBe(true)
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0)
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      type: 'error',
+      fatal: true,
+      message: expect.stringContaining('timed-out readiness transport failed')
+    })
+    fonts.finish()
+    await fonts.loaded
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
+  it('withholds readiness until the font can paint the first terminal snapshot', async () => {
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    startMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    fonts.finish()
+    await fonts.loaded
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ type: 'web-ready', cellBox: null })
+    stopMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+  })
+
+  it('still starts the terminal if font decoding fails', async () => {
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    startMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    fonts.fail()
+    await fonts.loaded.catch(() => {})
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ type: 'web-ready', cellBox: null })
+    stopMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+  })
+
+  it('unwinds the document and reports an error if deferred startup fails', async () => {
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    document.body.innerHTML = TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_MARKUP
+    fonts.scope.postToHost = (message) => {
+      if (message.type === 'web-ready') {
+        throw new Error('readiness transport failed')
+      }
+      fonts.postToHost(message)
+    }
+    const removeTransport = vi.fn()
+    fonts.scope.installHostTransport = () => removeTransport
+    startTerminalDocument(fonts.scope)
+    fonts.finish()
+    await fonts.loaded
+    await Promise.resolve()
+    expect(removeTransport).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(fonts.scope.framesStopped).toBe(true)
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      type: 'error',
+      fatal: true,
+      message: expect.stringContaining('readiness transport failed')
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('does not revive a document stopped during the font load', async () => {
+    const fonts = pendingFonts()
+    startMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    stopMessageBridge(fonts.scope)
+    fonts.finish()
+    await fonts.loaded
+    expect(fonts.postToHost).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/message-bridge.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/message-bridge.ts
index f86bec8b743..9277effe14b 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/message-bridge.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/message-bridge.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { handleMsg, type TerminalHostMessage } from './host-message-router'
 import { notify, reportEngineError, type TerminalEngineError } from './host-notify'
 import { laidOutCellBox } from './laid-out-cell-box'
 import { prepareTerminal } from './terminal-init'
+import { refreshTerminalSurface } from './webgl-recovery'
 import type { TerminalDocumentScope } from './document-scope'
 import type { TerminalDocumentHostFrame } from './document-host-seams'
 
@@ -46,20 +47,97 @@ export function startMessageBridge(scope: TerminalDocumentScope) {
   scope.uninstallHostTransport = scope.installHostTransport((frame) =>
     handleIncomingMessage(scope, frame)
   )
-  if (scope.hasEngine()) {
-    // Why: ready carries the cell box xterm itself laid out, so the host sizes the first subscribe.
-    if (scope.start().shown) {
-      prepareTerminal(scope)
+  const reportReady = () => {
+    if (!scope.uninstallHostTransport) {
+      return
+    }
+    if (scope.hasEngine()) {
+      // Why: ready carries the cell box xterm itself laid out, so the host sizes the first subscribe.
+      if (scope.start().shown) {
+        prepareTerminal(scope)
+      }
+      scope.reportedCellBox = laidOutCellBox(scope)
+      notify(scope, { type: 'web-ready', cellBox: scope.reportedCellBox?.cellBox ?? null })
+    } else {
+      reportEngineError(scope, 'terminal engine missing', 'xterm failed to load', true)
     }
-    // Why: the first init's report is checked against the box the terminal built before ready laid out.
-    scope.reportedCellBox = laidOutCellBox(scope)
-    notify(scope, { type: 'web-ready', cellBox: scope.reportedCellBox?.cellBox ?? null })
-  } else {
-    reportEngineError(scope, 'terminal engine missing', 'xterm failed to load', true)
   }
+  // The WebGL atlas retains missing glyphs if it paints before the bundled font finishes loading.
+  if (document.fonts && !document.fonts.check('13px "Orca Nerd Font Symbols"', '\ue0b0')) {
+    return waitForTerminalFont(scope, reportReady)
+  }
+  reportReady()
+}
+
+const FONT_READY_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000
+
+function waitForTerminalFont(scope: TerminalDocumentScope, reportReady: () => void) {
+  return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    let canceled = false
+    let ready = false
+    const finish = () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer)
+      if (canceled || ready) {
+        return
+      }
+      ready = true
+      try {
+        reportReady()
+        resolve()
+      } catch (error) {
+        reject(error)
+      }
+    }
+    const timer = setTimeout(finish, FONT_READY_TIMEOUT_MS)
+    const completion: TerminalFontCompletion = { loaded: null, failed: null }
+    scope.cancelFontReadiness = () => {
+      canceled = true
+      clearTimeout(timer)
+      completion.loaded = null
+      completion.failed = null
+      resolve()
+    }
+    completion.loaded = () => {
+      if (canceled) {
+        return
+      }
+      scope.cancelFontReadiness = null
+      if (ready) {
+        // A late font must evict fallback glyphs already cached after the startup deadline.
+        try {
+          scope.webglAddon?.clearTextureAtlas?.()
+        } catch {}
+        refreshTerminalSurface(scope)
+      } else {
+        finish()
+      }
+    }
+    completion.failed = () => {
+      if (!canceled) {
+        scope.cancelFontReadiness = null
+        finish()
+      }
+    }
+    observeFontCompletion(
+      document.fonts.load('13px "Orca Nerd Font Symbols"', '\ue0b0'),
+      completion
+    )
+  })
+}
+
+type TerminalFontCompletion = { loaded: (() => void) | null; failed: (() => void) | null }
+
+// Detach document callbacks on disposal even if the browser's font promise stays pending.
+function observeFontCompletion(loaded: Promise<FontFace[]>, completion: TerminalFontCompletion) {
+  loaded.then(
+    () => completion.loaded?.(),
+    () => completion.failed?.()
+  )
 }
 
 export function stopMessageBridge(scope: TerminalDocumentScope) {
+  scope.cancelFontReadiness?.()
+  scope.cancelFontReadiness = null
   if (scope.uninstallHostTransport) {
     scope.uninstallHostTransport()
     scope.uninstallHostTransport = null
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/text-scaling.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/text-scaling.ts
index 5fc9395e0db..50885e52390 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/text-scaling.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/text-scaling.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function isIOSWebView() {
 // Why: iOS WebKit does not reliably resolve "SF Mono" by CSS family name and can
 // fall to a non-monospace face; lead with the ui-monospace generic to avoid that.
 const TERMINAL_FONT_FALLBACKS =
-  '"Menlo", "Monaco", "Cascadia Mono", "Consolas", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Liberation Mono", "Symbols Nerd Font Mono", monospace'
+  '"Menlo", "Monaco", "Cascadia Mono", "Consolas", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Liberation Mono", "Orca Nerd Font Symbols", "Symbols Nerd Font Mono", monospace'
 
 // Why: change the real font size, then resize the grid to fit the viewport at
 // the new cell metrics so the text shows at its true size immediately. RN's
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-font-asset.d.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-font-asset.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e996b79f3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-font-asset.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+declare module '*.woff2' {
+  const url: string
+  export default url
+}
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-nerd-font-css.mjs b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-nerd-font-css.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8b7ca5e8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-nerd-font-css.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/** @param {string} url */
+export function terminalNerdFontCss(url) {
+  return [
+    '@font-face{',
+    "font-family:'Orca Nerd Font Symbols';",
+    `src:url('${url}') format('woff2');`,
+    'font-weight:400;',
+    'font-style:normal;',
+    'font-display:swap;',
+    'unicode-range:U+E000-F8FF,U+F0000-FFFFD,U+100000-10FFFD;',
+    '}'
+  ].join('')
+}
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.test.ts
index 08833bc9092..1943760b8be 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { terminalDocumentDouble } from './document/document-terminal-double.test
 import type { TerminalDocumentTerminal } from './document/document-terminal-shape'
 import type { TerminalWebViewCommand } from './terminal-webview-messages'
 import { TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_MARKUP } from './terminal-webview-html'
+import terminalNerdFontUrl from '../../assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2'
 
 /**
  * The page's mount, as a unit.
@@ -91,6 +92,15 @@ afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 describe('a stopped document takes its engines with it', () => {
+  it('loads the page symbol font from its bundled asset before starting the document', () => {
+    const terminal = mountTerminalWebDocument(plantHost(), () => {})
+    const style = document.getElementById('orca-terminal-document-style')?.textContent ?? ''
+    expect(style).toContain(`src:url('${terminalNerdFontUrl}') format('woff2')`)
+    expect(style).not.toContain('data:font/')
+    expect(style).toContain('unicode-range:U+E000-F8FF,U+F0000-FFFFD,U+100000-10FFFD')
+    terminal.dispose()
+  })
+
   /**
    * `stopTerminalInit`'s set (ruling 22's disposal): a swap that never committed leaves the
    * committed terminal with nothing pointing at it, so `scope.term` alone is not every engine the
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.ts
index 9ab0dc5b8a4..a78136409c7 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import type { TerminalDocumentStart, TerminalViewportChange } from './document/d
 import { TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_ELEMENT_STYLE, TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_MARKUP } from './terminal-webview-html'
 import { scopeStyleToHost } from '../style-scoping/document-style-scoping'
 import { XTERM_ENGINE_CSS } from './terminal-webview-engine-css.generated'
+import terminalNerdFontUrl from '../../assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2'
+import { terminalNerdFontCss } from './terminal-nerd-font-css.mjs'
 import { createTerminalDocument } from './document/create-terminal-document'
 import type { TerminalWebViewCommand } from './terminal-webview-messages'
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ const HOST_CLASS = 'orca-terminal-document-host'
  * behind entirely and every remaining selector is prefixed with the host's class, so nothing here
  * can match an element the terminal does not own. That is also what makes leaving the sheet in
  * the head after unmount the right trade: it matches nothing once the host has dropped the class,
- * the next mount wants it back, and re-parsing 11 KiB per mount is all removing it would buy.
+ * the next mount wants it back, and re-parsing the sheet per mount is all removing it would buy.
  */
 function ensureDocumentStyle() {
   if (document.getElementById(STYLE_ELEMENT_ID)) {
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ function ensureDocumentStyle() {
   const prefix = `.${HOST_CLASS}`
   const engine = scopeStyleToHost(XTERM_ENGINE_CSS, prefix)
   const elements = scopeStyleToHost(TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_ELEMENT_STYLE, prefix)
-  style.textContent = `${engine}\n${elements}\n${hostFrameStyle(prefix)}`
+  style.textContent = `${terminalNerdFontCss(terminalNerdFontUrl)}\n${engine}\n${elements}\n${hostFrameStyle(prefix)}`
   document.head.appendChild(style)
 }
 
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-engine.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-engine.test.ts
index adb049e859d..69e9b0a149d 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-engine.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-engine.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import path from 'node:path'
 import { Script } from 'node:vm'
 import { parse } from 'acorn'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { XTERM_ENGINE_CSS } from './terminal-webview-engine-css.generated'
+import { TERMINAL_NERD_FONT_CSS, XTERM_ENGINE_CSS } from './terminal-webview-engine-css.generated'
 import { XTERM_ENGINE_JS } from './terminal-webview-engine.generated'
 import { createTerminalDocumentScope } from './document/document-scope'
 import { attachWebglAddon, startWebglRecovery } from './document/webgl-recovery'
@@ -88,6 +90,33 @@ describe('terminal WebView bundled engine', () => {
     expect(XTERM_HTML).not.toContain('rel="stylesheet" href=')
   })
 
+  it('ships the licensed desktop symbol font offline without covering normal text', () => {
+    const encoded = TERMINAL_NERD_FONT_CSS.match(/base64,([^']+)'/)?.[1]
+    expect(encoded).toBeTruthy()
+    const bundled = readFileSync(
+      path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2')
+    )
+    expect(Buffer.from(encoded ?? '', 'base64').equals(bundled)).toBe(true)
+    expect(
+      bundled.equals(
+        readFileSync(
+          path.resolve(
+            import.meta.dirname,
+            '../../../src/renderer/src/assets/fonts/SymbolsNerdFontMono-Regular.woff2'
+          )
+        )
+      )
+    ).toBe(true)
+    expect(TERMINAL_NERD_FONT_CSS).toContain(
+      'unicode-range:U+E000-F8FF,U+F0000-FFFFD,U+100000-10FFFD'
+    )
+    expect(XTERM_HTML).toContain(`<style>${TERMINAL_NERD_FONT_CSS}</style>`)
+    expect(XTERM_HTML).toContain(
+      '"Liberation Mono", "Orca Nerd Font Symbols", "Symbols Nerd Font Mono"'
+    )
+    expect(TERMINAL_NERD_FONT_CSS).not.toMatch(/<\/style/i)
+  })
+
   it('parses the bundled engine at the Chrome 74 syntax floor', () => {
     expect(() => parse(XTERM_ENGINE_JS, { ecmaVersion: 2019 })).not.toThrow()
   })
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-html/document-shell.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-html/document-shell.ts
index 90c5f2b058b..3b7b0e1034f 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-html/document-shell.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-html/document-shell.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_MARKUP } from './document-markup'
 import { TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_STYLE } from './document-style'
-import { XTERM_ENGINE_CSS } from '../terminal-webview-engine-css.generated'
+import { TERMINAL_NERD_FONT_CSS, XTERM_ENGINE_CSS } from '../terminal-webview-engine-css.generated'
 import { XTERM_ENGINE_JS } from '../terminal-webview-engine.generated'
 
 export const TERMINAL_HTML_DOCUMENT_SHELL = `<!DOCTYPE html>
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ window.onerror = function(msg) {
 };
 </script>
 <style>${XTERM_ENGINE_CSS}</style>
+<style>${TERMINAL_NERD_FONT_CSS}</style>
 <style>
 ${TERMINAL_DOCUMENT_STYLE}
 </style>