diff --git a/apps/figcraft-cli/src/files.rs b/apps/figcraft-cli/src/files.rs
index 3e08474a2..65b19ee46 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft-cli/src/files.rs
+++ b/apps/figcraft-cli/src/files.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ pub fn info(path: &str, as_json: bool) -> CliResult<ExitCode> {
             Some(json!({"id": p, "name": pn.name, "nodes": nodes, "topLevel": pn.children.len(), "frames": frames}))
         })
         .collect();
+    let missing = figcraft_engine::fonts::missing(&doc);
     let v = json!({
         "file": path,
         "name": doc.name,
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ pub fn info(path: &str, as_json: bool) -> CliResult<ExitCode> {
         "variables": doc.variables.variables.len(),
         "images": doc.images.len(),
         "notes": notes,
+        "missingFonts": missing.iter().map(|m| json!({"family": m.family, "layers": m.layers})).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
     });
     if as_json {
         println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&v).unwrap_or_default());
@@ -187,6 +189,10 @@ pub fn info(path: &str, as_json: bool) -> CliResult<ExitCode> {
             println!("  {} {} \"{}\" {}×{}", f["id"], f["type"].as_str().unwrap_or(""), f["name"].as_str().unwrap_or(""), f["width"], f["height"]);
         }
     }
+    for m in &missing {
+        let layers = if m.layers == 1 { "text layer" } else { "text layers" };
+        println!("missing font \"{}\": {} {layers} (drawn in a fallback font)", m.family, m.layers);
+    }
     Ok(ExitCode::SUCCESS)
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/figcraft-cli/tests/fonts.rs b/apps/figcraft-cli/tests/fonts.rs
index c5901ac50..ef5c638fa 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft-cli/tests/fonts.rs
+++ b/apps/figcraft-cli/tests/fonts.rs
@@ -45,3 +45,25 @@ fn headless_runs_resolve_installed_families_unless_opted_out() {
     assert_eq!(run_one("face", face.clone(), &[], false)["family"], json!(installed), "text uses the installed family");
     assert_ne!(run_one("face", face, &["--no-system-fonts"], false)["family"], json!(installed), "opted out, it falls back");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn info_lists_the_fonts_a_file_uses_that_are_missing() {
+    let d = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("figcraft-cli-missing-{}", std::process::id()));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&d).unwrap();
+    let (script, file) = (d.join("make.json"), d.join("doc.figcraft"));
+    let text =
+        |family: &str| json!({"command": "text.create", "params": {"text": "Hamburgefonstiv", "x": 0, "y": 0, "props": {"fontFamily": family}}});
+    std::fs::write(&script, json!([text("FigCraft Missing CLI"), text("FigCraft Missing CLI")]).to_string()).unwrap();
+    let cli = || Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_figcraft-cli"));
+    let made = cli().arg("run").arg(&script).arg("--out").arg(&file).output().unwrap();
+    assert!(made.status.success(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&made.stderr));
+
+    let out = cli().arg("info").arg(&file).arg("--json").output().unwrap();
+    assert!(out.status.success(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr));
+    let v: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&out.stdout).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(v["missingFonts"], json!([{"family": "FigCraft Missing CLI", "layers": 2}]));
+
+    let out = cli().arg("info").arg(&file).output().unwrap();
+    let shown = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout);
+    assert!(shown.contains("missing font \"FigCraft Missing CLI\": 2 text layers"), "{shown}");
+}
diff --git a/apps/figcraft/src/main.rs b/apps/figcraft/src/main.rs
index 10147c2cc..fe89d0a75 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/figcraft/src/main.rs
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
             log::error!("{f}: {e}");
         }
     }
+    let opened: Vec<u64> = session.docs.iter().map(|d| d.uid).collect();
     // Documents a crashed or killed run left unsaved come back; this run keeps its own copies.
     let recovery_root = services::config_dir().map(|d| d.join("Recovery"));
     // The preferences first: they hold the online files a recovered document may be one of.
@@ -194,6 +195,8 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
     let mut fig = FigApp::new(session, Box::new(svc));
     fig.automation_roots = roots;
     fig.ui.home = false;
+    // Files named on the command line are the user's too: their missing fonts are listed.
+    fig.ui.font_checks = opened;
     fig.note_recovered(recovered.copies);
     if let Some(link) = &args.join {
         figcraft_ui_egui::live::open_invite(&mut fig, link);
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/catalog.rs b/crates/engine/src/catalog.rs
index c8f34fc15..4b6cd3fcc 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/catalog.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ pub static MENU: &[MenuItem] = &[
     m!("Text/Case", "Uppercase", "text.caseUpper"),
     m!("Text/Case", "Lowercase", "text.caseLower"),
     m!("Text/Case", "Title case", "text.caseTitle"),
+    m!("Text", SEP, ""),
+    m!("Text", "Missing fonts…", "text.missingFonts"),
     // Arrange
     m!("Arrange", "Align left", "align.left"),
     m!("Arrange", "Align horizontal centers", "align.hcenter"),
@@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ pub fn items() -> impl Iterator<Item = &'static MenuItem> {
 }
 
 /// Items of FigCraft's own that the parity count leaves out (as it does the `collab.` ones).
-const OWN: [&str; 2] = ["file.newFromTemplate", "help.gettingStarted"];
+const OWN: [&str; 3] = ["file.newFromTemplate", "help.gettingStarted", "text.missingFonts"];
 
 /// Coverage: (implemented, total, missing ids). `extra` lists ids implemented by the UI layer.
 pub fn parity(extra: &[&str]) -> (usize, usize, Vec<&'static str>) {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs
index b942fc250..f011238d9 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ fn registry() -> &'static Registry {
         list.extend(page::specs());
         list.extend(view::specs());
         list.extend(text::specs());
+        list.extend(crate::fonts::specs());
         list.extend(styles::specs());
         list.extend(image::specs());
         list.extend(variables::specs());
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/fonts.rs b/crates/engine/src/fonts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3548124d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/engine/src/fonts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+//! Fonts a document names that this machine doesn't have (#752): text layers, their styled
+//! ranges, text styles and the string variables bound to a font family. Text in such a family
+//! is drawn in a fallback font, so the user is told which ones are missing.
+
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use figcraft_doc::{Document, NodeKind, StyleKind, VariableValue, Variables};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+
+use crate::cmd::CommandSpec;
+use crate::{Result, Session, spec};
+
+/// A family the document names that no installed or built-in font provides.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Missing {
+    /// As the document spells it.
+    pub family: String,
+    /// Text layers that use it (0: only a text style or a variable names it).
+    pub layers: usize,
+}
+
+/// The families `doc` names that the font database doesn't have, by name. On the desktop the
+/// installed fonts are indexed in the background: ask once that's done
+/// (`figcraft_text::installed_fonts_known`), or every installed family counts as missing.
+pub fn missing(doc: &Document) -> Vec<Missing> {
+    // Lower-case family → (spelling, layers).
+    let mut used: BTreeMap<String, (String, usize)> = BTreeMap::new();
+    let mut add = |family: &str, layer: bool| {
+        let family = family.trim();
+        if family.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+        let e = used.entry(family.to_lowercase()).or_insert_with(|| (family.to_string(), 0));
+        e.1 += usize::from(layer);
+    };
+    for n in doc.nodes() {
+        if let NodeKind::Text(t) = &n.kind {
+            let mut families: Vec<&str> = t.spans().into_iter().map(|(_, _, st)| st.font_family.as_str()).collect();
+            families.push(&t.style.font_family);
+            families.sort_by_key(|f| f.trim().to_lowercase());
+            families.dedup_by_key(|f| f.trim().to_lowercase());
+            for f in families {
+                add(f, true);
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(var) = n.bound.get("fontFamily") {
+            for f in string_values(&doc.variables, var) {
+                add(&f, false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    for st in &doc.styles {
+        if let StyleKind::Text { style } = &st.kind {
+            add(&style.font_family, false);
+        }
+        if let Some(var) = st.bound.get("fontFamily") {
+            for f in string_values(&doc.variables, var) {
+                add(&f, false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    used.into_values().filter(|(family, _)| !figcraft_text::has_family(family)).map(|(family, layers)| Missing { family, layers }).collect()
+}
+
+/// Every string value of variable `id` in any mode, following aliases (at most 32 deep).
+fn string_values(vars: &Variables, id: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let mut todo = vec![(id.to_string(), 0)];
+    while let Some((id, depth)) = todo.pop() {
+        let Some(var) = vars.get(&id) else { continue };
+        for v in var.values.values() {
+            match v {
+                VariableValue::String(s) => out.push(s.clone()),
+                VariableValue::Alias(a) if depth < 32 => todo.push((a.clone(), depth + 1)),
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn missing_fonts(s: &mut Session, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    let families: Vec<Value> = missing(s.doc()?).into_iter().map(|m| json!({"family": m.family, "layers": m.layers})).collect();
+    s.request_ui("dialog.missingFonts", json!({}));
+    Ok(json!({"families": families}))
+}
+
+pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
+    vec![spec!(
+        "text.missingFonts",
+        "Missing fonts",
+        "{}  fonts the open document names that aren't installed (text layers, styled ranges, text styles, font family variables); the app shows them → {families: [{family, layers}]}",
+        false,
+        missing_fonts
+    )]
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "fonts_tests.rs"]
+mod tests;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/fonts_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/fonts_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6e2d213f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/engine/src/fonts_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use super::*;
+use crate::params::id_of;
+use figcraft_doc::{Style, StyleRun, TextStyle};
+
+fn text(s: &mut Session, family: &str) -> figcraft_doc::NodeId {
+    let id = id_of(&s.execute("text.create", &json!({"text": "Hamburgefonstiv", "x": 0, "y": 0})).unwrap()["id"]).unwrap();
+    if let NodeKind::Text(t) = &mut s.doc_mut().unwrap().get_mut(id).unwrap().kind {
+        t.style.font_family = family.into();
+    }
+    id
+}
+
+fn families(s: &mut Session) -> Vec<(String, u64)> {
+    let r = s.execute("text.missingFonts", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    r["families"].as_array().unwrap().iter().map(|f| (f["family"].as_str().unwrap().to_string(), f["layers"].as_u64().unwrap())).collect()
+}
+
+/// An installed family (built in, or found by the system scan), if this machine has any.
+fn installed() -> Option<String> {
+    figcraft_text::scan_system_fonts();
+    figcraft_text::family_names().into_iter().next()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn lists_families_of_layers_ranges_styles_and_variables_once_each() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    text(&mut s, "FigCraft Missing A");
+    let b = text(&mut s, "figcraft missing a");
+    if let NodeKind::Text(t) = &mut s.doc_mut().unwrap().get_mut(b).unwrap().kind {
+        let style = TextStyle { font_family: "FigCraft Missing B".into(), ..t.style.clone() };
+        t.runs.push(StyleRun { start: 0, end: 3, style });
+    }
+    let doc = s.doc_mut().unwrap();
+    doc.styles.push(Style {
+        id: "S:1".into(),
+        name: "Heading".into(),
+        description: String::new(),
+        kind: StyleKind::Text { style: TextStyle { font_family: "FigCraft Missing C".into(), ..TextStyle::default() } },
+        bound: Default::default(),
+    });
+    s.execute("variable.createCollection", &json!({"name": "Type", "modes": ["Light", "Dark"]})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("variable.create", &json!({"collection": "Type", "name": "Family", "type": "string", "value": "FigCraft Missing D"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("variable.set", &json!({"variable": "Family", "mode": "Dark", "value": "FigCraft Missing H"})).unwrap();
+    let var = s.doc().unwrap().variables.get("Family").unwrap().id.clone();
+    s.doc_mut().unwrap().get_mut(b).unwrap().bound.insert("fontFamily".into(), var);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        families(&mut s),
+        vec![
+            ("FigCraft Missing A".to_string(), 2),
+            ("FigCraft Missing B".to_string(), 1),
+            ("FigCraft Missing C".to_string(), 0),
+            ("FigCraft Missing D".to_string(), 0),
+            ("FigCraft Missing H".to_string(), 0),
+        ]
+    );
+    assert!(s.ui_requests.iter().any(|r| r.kind == "dialog.missingFonts"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn installed_families_are_not_listed() {
+    let Some(family) = installed() else {
+        eprintln!("skipped: no fonts on this machine");
+        return;
+    };
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    text(&mut s, &family);
+    text(&mut s, &family.to_uppercase());
+    text(&mut s, "FigCraft Missing E");
+    assert_eq!(families(&mut s), vec![("FigCraft Missing E".to_string(), 1)]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_family_found_only_by_the_system_scan_is_not_missing() {
+    figcraft_text::scan_system_fonts();
+    let embedded: Vec<String> = figcraft_text::CRAFT_FONTS.iter().map(|f| f.family.to_lowercase()).collect();
+    let Some(family) = figcraft_text::family_names().into_iter().find(|f| !embedded.contains(&f.to_lowercase())) else {
+        eprintln!("skipped: no system fonts on this machine");
+        return;
+    };
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    text(&mut s, &family);
+    assert!(families(&mut s).is_empty(), "{family} is installed");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn blank_families_and_aliases_are_handled() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    text(&mut s, "  ");
+    s.execute("variable.createCollection", &json!({"name": "Type"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("variable.create", &json!({"collection": "Type", "name": "Base", "type": "string", "value": "FigCraft Missing F"})).unwrap();
+    let base = s.doc().unwrap().variables.get("Base").unwrap().id.clone();
+    let t = text(&mut s, "FigCraft Missing G");
+    let doc = s.doc_mut().unwrap();
+    // A variable that only aliases another, and one aliasing itself.
+    let mut alias = doc.variables.get(&base).unwrap().clone();
+    alias.id = "V:alias".into();
+    alias.name = "Alias".into();
+    for v in alias.values.values_mut() {
+        *v = VariableValue::Alias(base.clone());
+    }
+    let mut cycle = alias.clone();
+    cycle.id = "V:cycle".into();
+    cycle.name = "Cycle".into();
+    for v in cycle.values.values_mut() {
+        *v = VariableValue::Alias("V:cycle".into());
+    }
+    doc.variables.variables.push(alias);
+    doc.variables.variables.push(cycle);
+    doc.get_mut(t).unwrap().bound.insert("fontFamily".into(), "V:alias".into());
+    let other = text(&mut s, "FigCraft Missing G");
+    s.doc_mut().unwrap().get_mut(other).unwrap().bound.insert("fontFamily".into(), "V:cycle".into());
+    // The bound layer takes the value its alias resolves to (bindings are applied after the next
+    // command); the cycle resolves to nothing.
+    let NodeKind::Text(bound) = &s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap().kind else { panic!() };
+    assert_eq!(bound.style.font_family, "FigCraft Missing F");
+    assert_eq!(families(&mut s), vec![("FigCraft Missing F".to_string(), 1), ("FigCraft Missing G".to_string(), 1)]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn needs_an_open_document() {
+    let mut s = Session::empty();
+    assert!(s.execute("text.missingFonts", &json!({})).is_err());
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index 30f626ad8..af0f555e6 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub mod distance;
 pub mod doc_urls;
 pub mod drop;
 pub mod file_access;
+pub mod fonts;
 pub mod guard;
 pub mod guides;
 pub mod inspect;
diff --git a/crates/text/src/fontdb.rs b/crates/text/src/fontdb.rs
index a6d52d672..f9eda2c6d 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/fontdb.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/fontdb.rs
@@ -852,6 +852,11 @@ pub fn family_names() -> Vec<String> {
     db().read().unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner).families()
 }
 
+/// The global db has `family` (embedded, loaded or indexed; any case).
+pub fn has_family(family: &str) -> bool {
+    db().read().unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner).has_family(family)
+}
+
 /// Style names of a family in the global db.
 pub fn family_styles(family: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     db().write().unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner).styles(family)
@@ -888,6 +893,16 @@ fn system_fonts_opted_out() -> bool {
     std::env::var_os("FIGCRAFT_NO_SYSTEM_FONTS").is_some_and(|v| !v.is_empty() && v != "0")
 }
 
+/// Every font text can use is known: the system fonts were indexed, or there are none to index
+/// (opted out, or the web). Until then a family the scan would find counts as missing.
+pub fn installed_fonts_known() -> bool {
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    if !system_fonts_opted_out() {
+        return system_fonts_scanned();
+    }
+    true
+}
+
 /// Index the system fonts the first time the font database is used (headless apps: a run that
 /// lays out no text never pays for the scan). The desktop app scans in the background instead.
 pub fn scan_system_fonts_on_demand() {
diff --git a/crates/text/src/lib.rs b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
index 27456d824..683350f61 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ mod onpath;
 pub use breaks::grapheme_step;
 pub use color::{ColorBitmap, ColorInk, ColorLayer};
 pub use fontdb::{
-    Axis, CRAFT_FONTS, Coords, Face, FontDb, NamedInstance, axis_label, db, face_with_char, family_names, family_styles, find_face, no_coords,
-    scan_system_fonts, scan_system_fonts_on_demand, system_fonts_scanned,
+    Axis, CRAFT_FONTS, Coords, Face, FontDb, NamedInstance, axis_label, db, face_with_char, family_names, family_styles, find_face, has_family,
+    installed_fonts_known, no_coords, scan_system_fonts, scan_system_fonts_on_demand, system_fonts_scanned,
 };
 pub use layout::{Decoration, Glyph, Line, TextLayout, layout};
 pub use onpath::OnPath;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml
index 59b25d949..41c5b9d6a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ name = "English"
 "All components" = "All components"
 "All fonts" = "All fonts"
 "All supported properties" = "All supported properties"
+"All the fonts this file uses are installed" = "All the fonts this file uses are installed"
 "All variables" = "All variables"
 "Alpha" = "Alpha"
 "Alphabetical" = "Alphabetical"
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ name = "English"
 "C or ⇧C" = "C or ⇧C"
 "CMYK colour" = "CMYK colour"
 "Can view" = "Can view"
+"Checking the fonts installed on this computer…" = "Checking the fonts installed on this computer…"
 "Checking the server…" = "Checking the server…"
 "Clear from this list" = "Clear from this list"
 "Code or invite link" = "Code or invite link"
@@ -771,6 +773,7 @@ name = "English"
 "Mirror angle and length" = "Mirror angle and length"
 "Mirroring" = "Mirroring"
 "Missing" = "Missing"
+"Missing fonts" = "Missing fonts"
 "Missing layer" = "Missing layer"
 "Missing style" = "Missing style"
 "Missing variable" = "Missing variable"
@@ -1374,6 +1377,7 @@ name = "English"
 "This condition is edited as an expression" = "This condition is edited as an expression"
 "This file" = "This file"
 "This file has unsaved changes" = "This file has unsaved changes"
+"This file uses fonts that aren't installed on this computer. Their text is drawn in a fallback font until you install them." = "This file uses fonts that aren't installed on this computer. Their text is drawn in a fallback font until you install them."
 "This file is on {server}, open only to you. Share it to let others in with a new code." = "This file is on {server}, open only to you. Share it to let others in with a new code."
 "This frame is new on the branch." = "This frame is new on the branch."
 "This frame isn't on the branch." = "This frame isn't on the branch."
@@ -1593,6 +1597,7 @@ name = "English"
 "nobody else here yet" = "nobody else here yet"
 "non-default slot settings are not represented and were skipped" = "non-default slot settings are not represented and were skipped"
 "now" = "now"
+"only in a text style or variable" = "only in a text style or variable"
 "or" = "or"
 "point stroke joins were preserved; dashed or variable-width strokes render with the layer join" = "point stroke joins were preserved; dashed or variable-width strokes render with the layer join"
 "preferred slot component keys cannot be resolved to file nodes and were skipped" = "preferred slot component keys cannot be resolved to file nodes and were skipped"
@@ -1700,6 +1705,7 @@ name = "English"
 "{n} replies" = { one = "{n} reply", other = "{n} replies" }
 "{n} rows" = { one = "{n} row", other = "{n} rows" }
 "{n} styles" = { one = "{n} style", other = "{n} styles" }
+"{n} text layers" = { one = "{n} text layer", other = "{n} text layers" }
 "{n} variables" = { one = "{n} variable", other = "{n} variables" }
 "{n} weeks ago" = { one = "{n} week ago", other = "{n} weeks ago" }
 "{n} years ago" = { one = "{n} year ago", other = "{n} years ago" }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml
index 01c5813bd..db4fba3e0 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "All comments" = "Todos los comentarios"
 "All components" = "Todos los componentes"
 "All fonts" = "Todas las fuentes"
+"All the fonts this file uses are installed" = "Todas las fuentes que usa este archivo están instaladas"
 "All supported properties" = "Todas las propiedades compatibles"
 "All variables" = "Todas las variables"
 "Alpha" = "Alfa"
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "C or ⇧C" = "C o ⇧C"
 "CMYK colour" = "Color CMYK"
 "Can view" = "Puede ver"
+"Checking the fonts installed on this computer…" = "Comprobando las fuentes instaladas en este equipo…"
 "Checking the server…" = "Comprobando el servidor…"
 "Clear from this list" = "Borrar de esta lista"
 "Code or invite link" = "Código o enlace de invitación"
@@ -774,6 +776,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Missing" = "No encontrado"
 "Missing layer" = "Capa no encontrada"
 "Missing style" = "Estilo no encontrado"
+"Missing fonts" = "Fuentes que faltan"
 "Missing variable" = "Variable no encontrada"
 "Miter" = "Inglete"
 "Miter angle" = "Ángulo de inglete"
@@ -1375,6 +1378,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "This condition is edited as an expression" = "Esta condición se edita como expresión"
 "This file" = "Este archivo"
 "This file has unsaved changes" = "Este archivo tiene cambios sin guardar"
+"This file uses fonts that aren't installed on this computer. Their text is drawn in a fallback font until you install them." = "Este archivo usa fuentes que no están instaladas en este equipo. Su texto se dibuja con una fuente de reserva hasta que las instales."
 "This file is on {server}, open only to you. Share it to let others in with a new code." = "Este archivo está en {server}, abierto solo para ti. Compártelo para dejar entrar a otros con un código nuevo."
 "This frame is new on the branch." = "Este marco es nuevo en la rama."
 "This frame isn't on the branch." = "Este marco no está en la rama."
@@ -1594,6 +1598,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "nobody else here yet" = "aún no hay nadie más"
 "non-default slot settings are not represented and were skipped" = "los ajustes de ranura no predeterminados no se representan y se omitieron"
 "now" = "ahora"
+"only in a text style or variable" = "solo en un estilo de texto o una variable"
 "or" = "o"
 "point stroke joins were preserved; dashed or variable-width strokes render with the layer join" = "se conservaron las uniones de trazo de los puntos; los trazos discontinuos o de ancho variable se dibujan con la unión de la capa"
 "preferred slot component keys cannot be resolved to file nodes and were skipped" = "las claves de componentes preferidos de las ranuras no corresponden a capas del archivo y se omitieron"
@@ -1701,6 +1706,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "{n} replies" = { one = "{n} respuesta", other = "{n} respuestas" }
 "{n} rows" = { one = "{n} fila", other = "{n} filas" }
 "{n} styles" = { one = "{n} estilo", other = "{n} estilos" }
+"{n} text layers" = { one = "{n} capa de texto", other = "{n} capas de texto" }
 "{n} variables" = { one = "{n} variable", other = "{n} variables" }
 "{n} weeks ago" = { one = "hace {n} semana", other = "hace {n} semanas" }
 "{n} years ago" = { one = "hace {n} año", other = "hace {n} años" }
@@ -2126,6 +2132,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "text.listOutdent" = "Reducir sangría de la lista"
 "text.listStyle" = "Estilo de lista"
 "text.maxLines" = "Máximo de líneas"
+"text.missingFonts" = "Fuentes que faltan"
 "text.numberList" = "Lista numerada"
 "text.onPath" = "Texto en trazado"
 "text.paragraphIndent" = "Sangría de párrafo"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
index 39001b56e..448501abf 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ pub fn keys(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &Context) {
         || u.find.is_some()
         || u.batch_rename.is_some()
         || u.import_report.is_some()
+        || u.missing_fonts.is_some()
         || u.confirm_close
         || u.export_preview
         || u.shortcuts_panel
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ pub fn keys(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &Context) {
         || u.find.take().is_some()
         || u.batch_rename.take().is_some()
         || u.import_report.take().is_some()
+        || u.missing_fonts.take().is_some()
     {
         return;
     }
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &Context) {
     // Dropped files waiting to open: their card, then (once it has shown) the files.
     crate::pending_open::pending_opens(app, ctx);
     crate::import_report::show(app, ctx);
+    crate::missing_fonts::show(app, ctx);
     let t = Tokens::get(ctx);
     if app.ui.about {
         let mut open = true;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/import_report_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/import_report_tests.rs
index 8742ccd33..a24115823 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/import_report_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/import_report_tests.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ fn escape_closes_the_import_report_like_other_simple_dialogs() {
     assert!(u.app.ui.import_report.is_none(), "Escape closes the report");
 }
 
-fn shown_texts(shapes: Vec<egui::epaint::ClippedShape>) -> Vec<String> {
+pub(crate) fn shown_texts(shapes: Vec<egui::epaint::ClippedShape>) -> Vec<String> {
     fn walk(shape: &egui::Shape, out: &mut Vec<String>) {
         match shape {
             egui::Shape::Text(t) => out.push(t.galley.text().to_string()),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 18445a7a6..55c5438d2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pub mod live;
 pub mod live_text;
 pub mod measure_overlay;
 pub mod menus;
+pub mod missing_fonts;
 pub mod online;
 pub mod pending_open;
 pub mod plugins_ui;
@@ -149,6 +150,8 @@ mod menu_aim_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod menu_input_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod missing_fonts_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod online_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod open_issues_tests;
@@ -508,6 +511,9 @@ pub struct UiState {
     pub pending_open_frames: u8,
     /// The latest successful file import's summary and compatibility notes.
     pub import_report: Option<import_report::Report>,
+    /// Files the user opened whose fonts are yet to be checked (by document uid).
+    pub font_checks: Vec<u64>,
+    pub missing_fonts: Option<missing_fonts::Shown>,
     pub screenshot_requests: Vec<(u64, String)>,
     pub frame_ms: f64,
     pub render_ms: f64,
@@ -636,6 +642,8 @@ impl Default for UiState {
             pending_opens: Vec::new(),
             pending_open_frames: 0,
             import_report: None,
+            font_checks: Vec::new(),
+            missing_fonts: None,
             screenshot_requests: Vec::new(),
             frame_ms: 0.0,
             render_ms: 0.0,
@@ -764,6 +772,7 @@ impl FigApp {
         if let Some(result) = &result {
             import_report::capture(self, id, &params, result);
         }
+        missing_fonts::check_later(self, id, result.as_ref());
         result
     }
 
@@ -878,6 +887,7 @@ impl FigApp {
                     self.ui.about_tab = dialogs::AboutTab::About;
                 }
                 "dialog.preferences" => self.ui.preferences = true,
+                "dialog.missingFonts" => missing_fonts::request(self),
                 "panel.shortcuts" => self.ui.shortcuts_panel = !self.ui.shortcuts_panel,
                 "palette.actions" => menus::toggle_palette(&mut self.ui),
                 "panel.design" => self.ui.right_tab = RightTab::Design,
@@ -1669,6 +1679,7 @@ impl FigApp {
             "importReport": self.ui.import_report.as_ref().map(import_report::Report::inspect),
         });
         state["pendingOpens"] = json!(self.ui.pending_opens.len());
+        state["missingFonts"] = json!(self.ui.missing_fonts.as_ref().map(missing_fonts::Shown::inspect));
         state
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/missing_fonts.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/missing_fonts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6c794777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/missing_fonts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+//! The Missing fonts window (#752): the fonts a file uses that aren't installed, whose text is
+//! drawn in a fallback font. It opens by itself after the user opens a file that has any (once
+//! the installed fonts are indexed and any import report is closed), and from Text ▸ Missing fonts.
+
+use egui::RichText;
+use figcraft_engine::fonts::{Missing, missing};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+
+use crate::FigApp;
+use crate::i18n::{tr, trn};
+use crate::theme::{Tokens, regular};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Shown {
+    /// The document it lists: the window goes when that document closes.
+    pub uid: u64,
+    pub families: Vec<Missing>,
+    /// Asked for before the installed fonts were indexed: the list comes once they are.
+    pub indexing: bool,
+}
+
+impl Shown {
+    pub fn inspect(&self) -> Value {
+        json!({
+            "families": self.families.iter().map(|m| json!({"family": m.family, "layers": m.layers})).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            "indexing": self.indexing,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// After the user opened a file, or imported pages into one (results with a `summary`; not a
+/// placed image or SVG, a file that was open already, or Clear recent): look for missing fonts in
+/// it once that can be told ([`show`]). Not in the browser, which has only its built-in fonts.
+pub fn check_later(app: &mut FigApp, command: &str, result: Option<&Value>) {
+    if !cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32")
+        && matches!(command, "file.open" | "file.openRecent" | "file.import")
+        && result.is_some_and(|r| r.get("summary").is_some())
+        && let Ok(ds) = app.session.ds()
+    {
+        app.ui.font_checks.push(ds.uid);
+    }
+}
+
+/// The window for document `uid`, listing what it misses (even nothing, when asked for).
+fn list(app: &mut FigApp, uid: u64) -> Option<Vec<Missing>> {
+    let ds = app.session.docs.iter().find(|d| d.uid == uid)?;
+    let families = missing(&ds.doc);
+    app.ui.missing_fonts = Some(Shown { uid, families: families.clone(), indexing: false });
+    Some(families)
+}
+
+/// Text ▸ Missing fonts (`dialog.missingFonts`): the window for the file in front.
+pub fn request(app: &mut FigApp) {
+    let Ok(uid) = app.session.ds().map(|d| d.uid) else { return };
+    if figcraft_text::installed_fonts_known() {
+        list(app, uid);
+    } else {
+        app.ui.missing_fonts = Some(Shown { uid, families: Vec::new(), indexing: true });
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn show(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+    // Whether the installed fonts are indexed is asked only while a list waits for it.
+    let waiting = app.ui.missing_fonts.as_ref().filter(|m| m.indexing).map(|m| m.uid);
+    if (waiting.is_some() || !app.ui.font_checks.is_empty()) && figcraft_text::installed_fonts_known() {
+        if let Some(uid) = waiting {
+            list(app, uid);
+        }
+        if !app.ui.font_checks.is_empty() && app.ui.import_report.is_none() && app.ui.missing_fonts.is_none() {
+            let uid = app.ui.font_checks.remove(0);
+            if list(app, uid).is_some_and(|f| f.is_empty()) {
+                app.ui.missing_fonts = None;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if app.ui.missing_fonts.as_ref().is_some_and(|m| !app.session.docs.iter().any(|d| d.uid == m.uid)) {
+        app.ui.missing_fonts = None;
+    }
+    let Some(shown) = &app.ui.missing_fonts else { return };
+    let t = Tokens::get(ctx);
+    let mut open = true;
+    let mut close_clicked = false;
+    crate::dialogs::window(tr("Missing fonts"), ctx).open(&mut open).show(ctx, |ui| {
+        ui.set_width(380.0);
+        if shown.indexing {
+            ui.label(tr("Checking the fonts installed on this computer…"));
+        } else if shown.families.is_empty() {
+            ui.label(tr("All the fonts this file uses are installed"));
+        } else {
+            ui.label(
+                RichText::new(tr(
+                    "This file uses fonts that aren't installed on this computer. Their text is drawn in a fallback font until you install them.",
+                ))
+                .color(t.text_secondary)
+                .font(regular(11.0)),
+            );
+            ui.add_space(6.0);
+            egui::ScrollArea::vertical().id_salt("missing_fonts").max_height(260.0).show(ui, |ui| {
+                for m in &shown.families {
+                    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+                        ui.label(RichText::new(&m.family).strong());
+                        let used =
+                            if m.layers == 0 { tr("only in a text style or variable").to_string() } else { trn("{n} text layers", m.layers, &[]) };
+                        ui.label(RichText::new(used).color(t.text_secondary));
+                    });
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        ui.add_space(12.0);
+        close_clicked = crate::widgets::button(ui, tr("Close"), true, true).clicked();
+    });
+    if !open || close_clicked {
+        app.ui.missing_fonts = None;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/missing_fonts_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/missing_fonts_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b11260a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/missing_fonts_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+use figcraft_engine::Session;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+
+use crate::import_report::Report;
+use crate::layers_drag_tests::Ui;
+
+/// A saved file with text in `families` (the first two layers share the first family).
+fn saved(name: &str, families: &[&str]) -> String {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    for (i, f) in families.iter().chain(families.first()).enumerate() {
+        s.execute("text.create", &json!({"text": "Hamburgefonstiv", "x": 0, "y": 40 * i, "props": {"fontFamily": f}})).unwrap();
+    }
+    let path = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("figcraft-missing-fonts-{name}-{}.figcraft", std::process::id()));
+    let path = path.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+    s.execute("file.saveAs", &json!({"path": path})).unwrap();
+    path
+}
+
+/// The installed fonts are indexed, as the desktop app does at startup.
+fn fonts_indexed() -> bool {
+    figcraft_text::scan_system_fonts();
+    figcraft_text::installed_fonts_known()
+}
+
+fn listed(u: &Ui) -> Value {
+    u.app.inspect()["missingFonts"].clone()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn opening_a_file_lists_its_missing_fonts_and_not_the_installed_ones() {
+    if !fonts_indexed() {
+        eprintln!("skipped: system fonts opted out");
+        return;
+    }
+    let installed = figcraft_text::family_names().into_iter().next();
+    let mut families = vec!["FigCraft Missing UI"];
+    families.extend(installed.as_deref());
+    let path = saved("open", &families);
+    let mut u = Ui::new(Session::new());
+    // Programmatic opens (control channel, MCP, scripts) never open the window.
+    u.app.run("file.open", json!({"path": path}));
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), Value::Null);
+    u.app.run("file.close", json!({}));
+
+    u.app.run_user("file.open", json!({"path": path}));
+    std::fs::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), json!({"families": [{"family": "FigCraft Missing UI", "layers": 2}], "indexing": false}));
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    let shown = u.frame_output(vec![]).shapes;
+    assert!(crate::import_report_tests::shown_texts(shown).iter().any(|t| t == "2 text layers"));
+
+    // It goes with its file.
+    u.app.run("file.close", json!({}));
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), Value::Null);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_file_without_missing_fonts_opens_no_window() {
+    if !fonts_indexed() {
+        eprintln!("skipped: system fonts opted out");
+        return;
+    }
+    let Some(installed) = figcraft_text::family_names().into_iter().next() else {
+        eprintln!("skipped: no fonts on this machine");
+        return;
+    };
+    let path = saved("clean", &[&installed]);
+    let mut u = Ui::new(Session::new());
+    u.app.run_user("file.open", json!({"path": path}));
+    std::fs::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), Value::Null);
+    assert!(u.app.ui.font_checks.is_empty(), "the check ran");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn it_waits_for_the_import_report_to_close() {
+    if !fonts_indexed() {
+        eprintln!("skipped: system fonts opted out");
+        return;
+    }
+    let path = saved("report", &["FigCraft Missing Report"]);
+    let mut u = Ui::new(Session::new());
+    u.app.run_user("file.open", json!({"path": path}));
+    std::fs::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
+    let mut report =
+        Report::from_result("file.open", &json!({}), &json!({"warnings": ["Synthetic note"], "summary": {"name": "Synthetic"}})).unwrap();
+    report.uid = u.app.session.ds().unwrap().uid;
+    u.app.ui.import_report = Some(report);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), Value::Null, "the import report comes first");
+    u.app.ui.import_report = None;
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u)["families"][0]["family"], "FigCraft Missing Report");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_menu_shows_the_window_for_the_file_in_front_even_with_nothing_missing() {
+    assert!(fonts_indexed());
+    let mut u = Ui::new(Session::new());
+    assert!(u.app.run("text.missingFonts", json!({})).is_some());
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), json!({"families": [], "indexing": false}));
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    let shown = u.frame_output(vec![]).shapes;
+    assert!(crate::import_report_tests::shown_texts(shown).iter().any(|t| t == "All the fonts this file uses are installed"));
+    let escape =
+        vec![egui::Event::Key { key: egui::Key::Escape, physical_key: None, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers: egui::Modifiers::NONE }];
+    u.frame(escape);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), Value::Null, "Escape closes it");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn asked_for_before_the_fonts_are_indexed_it_lists_them_once_they_are() {
+    assert!(fonts_indexed());
+    let path = saved("indexing", &["FigCraft Missing Indexing"]);
+    let mut u = Ui::new(Session::new());
+    u.app.run("file.open", json!({"path": path}));
+    std::fs::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
+    // As Text ▸ Missing fonts leaves it while the startup scan is still running.
+    let uid = u.app.session.ds().unwrap().uid;
+    u.app.ui.missing_fonts = Some(crate::missing_fonts::Shown { uid, families: Vec::new(), indexing: true });
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), json!({"families": [{"family": "FigCraft Missing Indexing", "layers": 2}], "indexing": false}));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn placing_images_or_clearing_recents_does_not_bring_it_back() {
+    assert!(fonts_indexed());
+    let path = saved("place", &["FigCraft Missing Place"]);
+    let svg = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("figcraft-missing-fonts-place-{}.svg", std::process::id()));
+    std::fs::write(&svg, r#"<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10" height="10"><rect width="10" height="10"/></svg>"#).unwrap();
+    let mut u = Ui::new(Session::new());
+    u.app.run_user("file.open", json!({"path": path}));
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u)["families"][0]["family"], "FigCraft Missing Place");
+    u.app.ui.missing_fonts = None;
+    // A placed SVG, the same file opened again (it only comes to the front), Clear recent.
+    assert!(u.app.run_user("file.import", json!({"path": svg.to_string_lossy()})).is_some());
+    assert!(u.app.run_user("file.open", json!({"path": path})).is_some());
+    u.app.run_user("file.openRecent", json!({"clear": true}));
+    std::fs::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
+    std::fs::remove_file(&svg).unwrap();
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert!(u.app.ui.font_checks.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(listed(&u), Value::Null);
+}
diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md
index 7b35c2d54..7af73fd60 100644
--- a/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/cli.md
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ be open to the public: [server.md](server.md#running-a-public-server)). See [ser
 ### `info <file> [--json]`
 
 Pages, node counts, top-level frames (id, type, name, size), style/variable/image counts. Repairs
-of a damaged file and import warnings go to stderr as `note:` lines (`notes` with `--json`).
+of a damaged file and import warnings go to stderr as `note:` lines (`notes` with `--json`). Fonts the
+file names that aren't installed are listed as `missing font` lines (`missingFonts: [{family,
+layers}]` with `--json`); their text renders in a fallback font.
 
 Every subcommand that reads a file also takes the public REST API file JSON (the response of
 `GET /v1/files/:key` or of its nodes endpoint, written to a `.json` file): it is imported on the fly.
diff --git a/docs/mcp.md b/docs/mcp.md
index e63283bdc..a84bf05b2 100644
--- a/docs/mcp.md
+++ b/docs/mcp.md
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ Or in a project's `.mcp.json`:
   user units, e.g. `{"wght": 550, "wdth": 85}` (`null` = back to what the style name implies);
   `text.setVariations {variations, replace?}` merges instead. `text.fonts {family, style?, axes: true}`
   lists a font's axes and named instances (named instances are also valid `fontStyle` values).
+  `text.missingFonts` lists the families the document names that aren't installed
+  (`{families: [{family, layers}]}`); their text draws in a fallback font.
   OpenType features: `features {"liga": false, "tnum": true}`.
   Decorations: `textDecorationStyle` (`solid`, `dotted`, `wavy`), `textDecorationThickness` and
   `textDecorationOffset` (`auto`, px, or `"10%"` of the font size; the offset runs from the baseline