diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0e6adc4d2b..07e6e60416a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 		"google-font-metadata": "^5.2.1",
 		"json-stringify-pretty-compact": "^4.0.0",
 		"pathe": "^1.1.1",
+		"smol-string": "^1.0.0",
 		"tsx": "^3.12.7"
 	},
 	"homepage": "https://fontsource.org",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index cf4475f885c..da44b8b8ae1 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ dependencies:
   pathe:
     specifier: ^1.1.1
     version: 1.1.1
+  smol-string:
+    specifier: ^1.0.0
+    version: 1.0.0
   tsx:
     specifier: ^3.12.7
     version: 3.12.7
@@ -1885,6 +1888,10 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>= 6.0.0', npm: '>= 3.0.0'}
     dev: false
 
+  /smol-string@1.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-rfStKm6kcqIqjWbBqhA6vvjJoVloy+dRqBzo+IA2qdCZgi/qmEEkBxJ6UjQsW8sTQ+IK4EVBBrSobSMPbL7qkA==}
+    dev: false
+
   /socks-proxy-agent@8.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-8zuqoLv1aP/66PHF5TqwJ7Czm3Yv32urJQHrVyhD7mmA6d61Zv8cIXQYPTWwmg6qlupnPvs/QKDmfa4P/qct2g==}
     engines: {node: '>= 14'}
diff --git a/scripts/algolia.ts b/scripts/algolia.ts
index a25da696ee7..8e1913f7bcc 100644
--- a/scripts/algolia.ts
+++ b/scripts/algolia.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import algoliasearch from 'algoliasearch';
 import metadataImport from '../metadata/fontsource.json';
+import { compress } from 'smol-string';
 
 interface AlgoliaMetadata {
 	objectID: string;
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ const updateAlgoliaIndex = async (force?: boolean) => {
 				category: metadata.category,
 				defSubset: metadata.defSubset,
 				variable: Boolean(metadata.variable),
+				// We need to compress the unicode range to fit in Algolia's 10kb limit
+				unicodeRange: compress(JSON.stringify(metadata.unicodeRange)),
 				// Algolia sorts date using a unix timestamp instead
 				lastModified: Math.floor(
 					new Date(metadata.lastModified).getTime() / 1000