diff --git a/ide-laf-bridge/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/bridge/BridgeUtils.kt b/ide-laf-bridge/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/bridge/BridgeUtils.kt
index 4d1bfdd2e..7f435506e 100644
--- a/ide-laf-bridge/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/bridge/BridgeUtils.kt
+++ b/ide-laf-bridge/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/bridge/BridgeUtils.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Brush
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.SolidColor
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.TileMode
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.ExperimentalTextApi
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
-import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontFamily
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontStyle
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
-import androidx.compose.ui.text.platform.Typeface
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.platform.asComposeFontFamily
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Density
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.DpSize
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@ import com.intellij.util.ui.JBDimension
 import com.intellij.util.ui.JBFont
 import com.intellij.util.ui.JBInsets
 import com.intellij.util.ui.JBValue
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
-import org.jetbrains.skia.Typeface
 import org.jetbrains.skiko.DependsOnJBR
-import org.jetbrains.skiko.awt.font.AwtFontManager
-import org.jetbrains.skiko.toSkikoTypefaceOrNull
 import java.awt.Dimension
-import java.awt.Font
 import java.awt.Insets
 import javax.swing.UIManager
 
@@ -158,17 +153,15 @@ public fun retrieveArcAsCornerSizeWithFallbacks(vararg keys: String): CornerSize
     keysNotFound(keys.toList(), "Int")
 }
 
-@OptIn(DependsOnJBR::class)
-private val awtFontManager = AwtFontManager()
-
 @DependsOnJBR
-public suspend fun retrieveTextStyle(fontKey: String, colorKey: String? = null): TextStyle {
+public fun retrieveTextStyle(fontKey: String, colorKey: String? = null): TextStyle {
     val baseColor = colorKey?.let { retrieveColorOrUnspecified(colorKey) } ?: Color.Unspecified
     return retrieveTextStyle(fontKey, color = baseColor)
 }
 
+@OptIn(ExperimentalTextApi::class)
 @DependsOnJBR
-public suspend fun retrieveTextStyle(
+public fun retrieveTextStyle(
     key: String,
     color: Color = Color.Unspecified,
     lineHeight: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
@@ -182,33 +175,17 @@ public suspend fun retrieveTextStyle(
     val derivedFont = jbFont.let { if (bold) it.asBold() else it.asPlain() }
         .let { if (fontStyle == FontStyle.Italic) it.asItalic() else it }
 
-    val typeface = derivedFont.toSkikoTypefaceOrNull(awtFontManager)
-        ?: Typeface.makeDefault().also {
-            logger.warn(
-                "Unable to convert font ${jbFont.fontName} into a Skiko typeface, " +
-                    "fallback to 'Typeface.makeDefault()'",
-            )
-        }
-
     return TextStyle(
         color = color,
         fontSize = size.takeOrElse { derivedFont.size.sp / UISettingsUtils.getInstance().currentIdeScale },
         fontWeight = if (bold) FontWeight.Bold else FontWeight.Normal,
         fontStyle = fontStyle,
-        fontFamily = FontFamily(Typeface(typeface)),
-        // todo textDecoration might be defined in the awt theme
+        fontFamily = derivedFont.asComposeFontFamily(),
+        // TODO textDecoration might be defined in the AWT theme
         lineHeight = lineHeight,
     )
 }
 
-@DependsOnJBR
-public fun Font.toFontFamily(): FontFamily {
-    val typeface = runBlocking { toSkikoTypefaceOrNull(awtFontManager) }
-        ?: error("Can't turn $this into a Typeface")
-
-    return FontFamily(Typeface(typeface))
-}
-
 public val JBValue.dp: Dp
     get() = unscaled.dp
 
diff --git a/samples/ide-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/samples/ideplugin/releasessample/ReleasesSampleCompose.kt b/samples/ide-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/samples/ideplugin/releasessample/ReleasesSampleCompose.kt
index e6b40966e..ed5ce36e0 100644
--- a/samples/ide-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/samples/ideplugin/releasessample/ReleasesSampleCompose.kt
+++ b/samples/ide-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/samples/ideplugin/releasessample/ReleasesSampleCompose.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ import kotlinx.datetime.toJavaLocalDate
 import org.jetbrains.jewel.bridge.retrieveColorOrUnspecified
 import org.jetbrains.jewel.bridge.retrieveTextStyle
 import org.jetbrains.jewel.bridge.toComposeColor
-import org.jetbrains.jewel.bridge.toFontFamily
 import org.jetbrains.jewel.foundation.lazy.SelectableLazyColumn
 import org.jetbrains.jewel.foundation.lazy.SelectionMode
 import org.jetbrains.jewel.foundation.lazy.items
@@ -559,8 +558,7 @@ private fun AndroidStudioReleaseDetails(item: ContentItem.AndroidStudio) {
 private fun TextWithLabel(labelText: String, valueText: String) {
     Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(16.dp)) {
         Text(labelText)
-        val fontFamily = JBFont.label().asBold().toFontFamily()
-        Text(valueText, fontFamily = fontFamily, fontWeight = FontWeight.W600)
+        Text(valueText, fontWeight = FontWeight.W600)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/standalone/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/samples/standalone/Main.kt b/samples/standalone/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/samples/standalone/Main.kt
index 554d9f725..e911bb658 100644
--- a/samples/standalone/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/samples/standalone/Main.kt
+++ b/samples/standalone/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/jewel/samples/standalone/Main.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package org.jetbrains.jewel.samples.standalone
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.painter.Painter
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.ResourceLoader
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.loadSvgPainter
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.ExperimentalTextApi
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontFamily
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Density
 import androidx.compose.ui.window.application
 import org.jetbrains.jewel.foundation.theme.JewelTheme
@@ -20,14 +23,18 @@ import org.jetbrains.jewel.window.DecoratedWindow
 import org.jetbrains.jewel.window.styling.TitleBarStyle
 import java.io.InputStream
 
+@OptIn(ExperimentalTextApi::class)
 fun main() {
     val icon = svgResource("icons/jewel-logo.svg")
+
     application {
+        val textStyle = TextStyle(fontFamily = FontFamily("Inter"))
+
         val themeDefinition =
             if (MainViewModel.theme.isDark()) {
-                JewelTheme.darkThemeDefinition()
+                JewelTheme.darkThemeDefinition(defaultTextStyle = textStyle)
             } else {
-                JewelTheme.lightThemeDefinition()
+                JewelTheme.lightThemeDefinition(defaultTextStyle = textStyle)
             }
 
         IntUiTheme(