diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f251a0fa..bd0366bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx": "^7.24.7",
     "@babel/types": "^7.24.7",
     "@biomejs/biome": "^1.8.3",
+    "@capsizecss/core": "^4.1.2",
+    "@capsizecss/metrics": "^3.3.0",
     "@svgr/core": "^8.1.0",
     "@svgr/plugin-jsx": "^8.1.0",
     "@tokens-studio/sd-transforms": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/configs/getWebConfig.ts b/src/configs/getWebConfig.ts
index 245c0255..e3338d5e 100644
--- a/src/configs/getWebConfig.ts
+++ b/src/configs/getWebConfig.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import { camelCase } from "lodash-es";
+import StyleDictionary from "style-dictionary";
 import type { File, PlatformConfig } from "style-dictionary/types";
 import type { Theme } from "../@types";
 import { isCoreColor } from "../filters/isCoreColor";
@@ -25,9 +26,22 @@ import {
   type Tier,
   cssFileName,
 } from "../utils/cssFileName";
+import { fontFaces, fontFamilyOverrides } from "../utils/fontFallbacks";
 
 const basePxFontSize = 16;
 
+StyleDictionary.registerFormat({
+  name: "css/fontFallbacks",
+  format: () => fontFaces,
+});
+
+StyleDictionary.registerTransform({
+  name: "css/fontFallbacks",
+  type: "value",
+  filter: (token) => token.type === "fontFamilies",
+  transform: (token) => fontFamilyOverrides[token.value] ?? token.value,
+});
+
 export default function (
   target: "js" | "css" | "ts",
   theme: Theme,
@@ -42,6 +56,7 @@ export default function (
     "attribute/cti",
     "css/pxToRem",
     "css/percentageToUnitless",
+    "css/fontFallbacks",
     target === "css" ? "name/kebab" : "camelCaseDecimal",
   ];
 
@@ -115,6 +130,11 @@ function getFilesFormat(theme: Theme, target: "css" | "js" | "ts"): File[] {
     },
   });
 
+  const fontFaces = {
+    destination: `${COMPOUND_TOKENS_NAMESPACE}-font-fallbacks.css`,
+    format: "css/fontFallbacks",
+  };
+
   return [
     common("base"),
     common("semantic"),
@@ -126,5 +146,6 @@ function getFilesFormat(theme: Theme, target: "css" | "js" | "ts"): File[] {
     // This file is to be imported with a media query import
     themed("base", true),
     themed("semantic", true),
+    fontFaces,
   ];
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/fontFallbacks.ts b/src/utils/fontFallbacks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ada01e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/fontFallbacks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+import { createFontStack } from "@capsizecss/core";
+
+// The goal of this is to generate @font-face rules to fallback to local fonts,
+// but with font metrics adjusted to match the ones of the font we actually use.
+// This way, we can display temporarily a local sans-serif font, laid out very
+// close to what Inter will look like once we actually loaded it.
+//
+// Out of this file, we get two exports:
+// - fontFamilyOverrides: a mapping from font we have in tokens to a font-family
+//   which has all the overrides
+// - fontFaces: the @font-face rules to inject
+
+// Inter: the font we actually use
+import inter500 from "@capsizecss/metrics/inter/500";
+import inter500Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/inter/500italic";
+import inter600 from "@capsizecss/metrics/inter/600";
+import inter600Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/inter/600italic";
+import inter400Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/inter/italic";
+import inter400 from "@capsizecss/metrics/inter/regular";
+
+// Roboto
+import roboto500 from "@capsizecss/metrics/roboto/500";
+import roboto500Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/roboto/500italic";
+import roboto700 from "@capsizecss/metrics/roboto/700";
+import roboto700Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/roboto/700italic";
+import roboto400Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/roboto/italic";
+import roboto400 from "@capsizecss/metrics/roboto/regular";
+
+// Segoe UI
+import segoeUI600 from "@capsizecss/metrics/segoeUI/600";
+import segoeUI600Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/segoeUI/600italic";
+import segoeUI700 from "@capsizecss/metrics/segoeUI/700";
+import segoeUI700Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/segoeUI/700italic";
+import segoeUI400Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/segoeUI/italic";
+import segoeUI400 from "@capsizecss/metrics/segoeUI/regular";
+
+// Helvetica Neue
+import helveticaNeue500 from "@capsizecss/metrics/helveticaNeue/500";
+import helveticaNeue500Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/helveticaNeue/500italic";
+import helveticaNeue700 from "@capsizecss/metrics/helveticaNeue/700";
+import helveticaNeue700Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/helveticaNeue/700italic";
+import helveticaNeue400Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/helveticaNeue/italic";
+import helveticaNeue400 from "@capsizecss/metrics/helveticaNeue/regular";
+
+// Ubuntu
+import ubuntu500 from "@capsizecss/metrics/ubuntu/500";
+import ubuntu500Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/ubuntu/500italic";
+import ubuntu700 from "@capsizecss/metrics/ubuntu/700";
+import ubuntu700Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/ubuntu/700italic";
+import ubuntu400Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/ubuntu/italic";
+import ubuntu400 from "@capsizecss/metrics/ubuntu/regular";
+
+// Fira Sans
+import firaSans500 from "@capsizecss/metrics/firaSans/500";
+import firaSans500Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/firaSans/500italic";
+import firaSans600 from "@capsizecss/metrics/firaSans/600";
+import firaSans600Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/firaSans/600italic";
+import firaSans400Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/firaSans/italic";
+import firaSans400 from "@capsizecss/metrics/firaSans/regular";
+
+// Noto Sans
+import notoSans500 from "@capsizecss/metrics/notoSans/500";
+import notoSans500Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/notoSans/500italic";
+import notoSans600 from "@capsizecss/metrics/notoSans/600";
+import notoSans600Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/notoSans/600italic";
+import notoSans400Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/notoSans/italic";
+import notoSans400 from "@capsizecss/metrics/notoSans/regular";
+
+// The ultimate sans-serif fallback: Arial
+import arial700 from "@capsizecss/metrics/arial/700";
+import arial700Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/arial/700italic";
+import arial400Italic from "@capsizecss/metrics/arial/italic";
+import arial400 from "@capsizecss/metrics/arial/regular";
+
+const { fontFamily: interFontFamily, fontFaces: inter400Stack } =
+  createFontStack(
+    [
+      inter400,
+      helveticaNeue400,
+      segoeUI400,
+      roboto400,
+      ubuntu400,
+      firaSans400,
+      notoSans400,
+      arial400,
+    ],
+    {
+      fontFaceProperties: {
+        fontStyle: "normal",
+        fontWeight: 400,
+        fontDisplay: "swap",
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+const { fontFaces: inter400ItalicStack } = createFontStack(
+  [
+    inter400Italic,
+    helveticaNeue400Italic,
+    segoeUI400Italic,
+    roboto400Italic,
+    ubuntu400Italic,
+    firaSans400Italic,
+    notoSans400Italic,
+    arial400Italic,
+  ],
+  {
+    fontFaceProperties: {
+      fontStyle: "italic",
+      fontWeight: 400,
+      fontDisplay: "swap",
+    },
+  },
+);
+
+const { fontFaces: inter500Stack } = createFontStack(
+  [
+    inter500,
+    helveticaNeue500,
+    segoeUI600,
+    roboto500,
+    ubuntu500,
+    firaSans500,
+    notoSans500,
+  ],
+  {
+    fontFaceProperties: {
+      fontStyle: "normal",
+      fontWeight: 500,
+      fontDisplay: "swap",
+    },
+  },
+);
+
+const { fontFaces: inter500ItalicStack } = createFontStack(
+  [
+    inter500Italic,
+    helveticaNeue500Italic,
+    segoeUI600Italic,
+    roboto500Italic,
+    ubuntu500Italic,
+    firaSans500Italic,
+    notoSans500Italic,
+  ],
+  {
+    fontFaceProperties: {
+      fontStyle: "italic",
+      fontWeight: 500,
+      fontDisplay: "swap",
+    },
+  },
+);
+
+const { fontFaces: inter600Stack } = createFontStack(
+  [
+    inter600,
+    helveticaNeue700,
+    segoeUI700,
+    roboto700,
+    ubuntu700,
+    firaSans600,
+    notoSans600,
+    arial700,
+  ],
+  {
+    fontFaceProperties: {
+      fontStyle: "normal",
+      fontWeight: 600,
+      fontDisplay: "swap",
+    },
+  },
+);
+
+const { fontFaces: inter600ItalicStack } = createFontStack(
+  [
+    inter600Italic,
+    helveticaNeue700Italic,
+    segoeUI700Italic,
+    roboto700Italic,
+    ubuntu700Italic,
+    firaSans600Italic,
+    notoSans600Italic,
+    arial700Italic,
+  ],
+  {
+    fontFaceProperties: {
+      fontStyle: "italic",
+      fontWeight: 600,
+      fontDisplay: "swap",
+    },
+  },
+);
+
+// The font token -> font-family mapping used to override
+export const fontFamilyOverrides: Record<string, string> = {
+  Inter: `${interFontFamily}, sans-serif`,
+
+  // We don't bother to compute accurate fallbacks for the monospace font for
+  // now, as we don't use it as much, but we make sure we have at least a
+  // cross-browser fallback for it
+  Inconsolata: "Inconsolata, ui-monospace, monospace",
+};
+
+// The CSS @font-face rules to inject
+export const fontFaces = `/* Fallback for Inter regular */
+${inter400Stack}
+
+${inter400ItalicStack}
+
+
+/* Fallback for Inter medium */
+${inter500Stack}
+
+${inter500ItalicStack}
+
+
+/* Fallback for Inter semibold */
+${inter600Stack}
+
+${inter600ItalicStack}
+`;
diff --git a/src/utils/generateCssIndex.ts b/src/utils/generateCssIndex.ts
index 7ebafd0e..13ccffa5 100644
--- a/src/utils/generateCssIndex.ts
+++ b/src/utils/generateCssIndex.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 import path from "node:path";
 import fs from "fs-extra";
 import type { Theme } from "../@types";
-import { type Tier, cssFileName } from "./cssFileName";
+import {
+  COMPOUND_TOKENS_NAMESPACE,
+  type Tier,
+  cssFileName,
+} from "./cssFileName";
 
 const header = `/* Establish a layer order that allows semantic tokens to be customized, but not base tokens.
  * The layers are prefixed by 'cpd-' because Tailwind will interpret '@layer base' directives.
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ const tiers: Tier[] = ["base", "semantic"];
 
 export function generateCssIndex(): void {
   const imports = [
+    `@import url("./${COMPOUND_TOKENS_NAMESPACE}-font-fallbacks.css");`,
     ...(function* () {
       for (const theme of themes) {
         for (const tier of tiers) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2d3d7ae7..6ed07b67 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -315,6 +315,18 @@
   dependencies:
     postcss-calc-ast-parser "^0.1.4"
 
+"@capsizecss/core@^4.1.2":
+  version "4.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@capsizecss/core/-/core-4.1.2.tgz#a278e19953ed4922653d2c2a7614915fd8fc5f24"
+  integrity sha512-5tMjLsVsaEEwJ816y3eTfhhTIyUWNFt58x6YcHni0eV5tta8MGDOAIe+CV5ICb5pguXgDpNGLprqhPqBWtkFSg==
+  dependencies:
+    csstype "^3.1.1"
+
+"@capsizecss/metrics@^3.3.0":
+  version "3.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@capsizecss/metrics/-/metrics-3.3.0.tgz#bbbe3df4cd5acedbb605757ae0ba440cf7ea9d17"
+  integrity sha512-WAQtKgyz7fZDEMuERSLPmWXuV53O/HDJZLof8BMWEX1GTWYiiNdqGA6j56+GCSSeVyzYDxkBnm5taIh0YyW6fQ==
+
 "@esbuild/aix-ppc64@0.23.1":
   version "0.23.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@esbuild/aix-ppc64/-/aix-ppc64-0.23.1.tgz#51299374de171dbd80bb7d838e1cfce9af36f353"
@@ -1031,6 +1043,11 @@ csso@^4.2.0:
   dependencies:
     css-tree "^1.1.2"
 
+csstype@^3.1.1:
+  version "3.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/csstype/-/csstype-3.1.3.tgz#d80ff294d114fb0e6ac500fbf85b60137d7eff81"
+  integrity sha512-M1uQkMl8rQK/szD0LNhtqxIPLpimGm8sOBwU7lLnCpSbTyY3yeU1Vc7l4KT5zT4s/yOxHH5O7tIuuLOCnLADRw==
+
 debug@^3.2.7:
   version "3.2.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-3.2.7.tgz"