diff --git a/crates/xlsx/src/styles.rs b/crates/xlsx/src/styles.rs
index 68da87790..fdd2ceece 100644
--- a/crates/xlsx/src/styles.rs
+++ b/crates/xlsx/src/styles.rs
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ fn font_xml(f: &Font, dxf: bool, minor: bool) -> String {
         s.push_str("<color theme=\"1\"/>");
     }
     if !dxf {
-        let family = f.family.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_FONT_FAMILY);
+        let family = f.family.filter(|v| *v <= MAX_FONT_FAMILY).unwrap_or(DEFAULT_FONT_FAMILY);
         let _ = write!(s, "<name val=\"{}\"/><family val=\"{family}\"/>", esc_attr(&f.name));
         if let Some(charset) = f.charset {
             let _ = write!(s, "<charset val=\"{charset}\"/>");
diff --git a/crates/xlsx/src/tests/roundtrip.rs b/crates/xlsx/src/tests/roundtrip.rs
index 28213357e..6b8dad43d 100644
--- a/crates/xlsx/src/tests/roundtrip.rs
+++ b/crates/xlsx/src/tests/roundtrip.rs
@@ -1175,6 +1175,15 @@ fn out_of_range_family_is_ignored() {
     let mut pkg = Package::open(&saved).unwrap();
     let xml = String::from_utf8(pkg.read("xl/styles.xml").unwrap().unwrap()).unwrap();
     assert!(xml.contains("<name val=\"Arial\"/><family val=\"2\"/>"), "{xml}");
+
+    let mut set_directly = wb.clone();
+    let wide = set_directly.styles.derive(StyleId::DEFAULT, |st| st.font.family = Some(200));
+    set_directly.sheet_mut(0).unwrap().set_value(CellRef::new(0, 0), Value::text("x"));
+    set_directly.sheet_mut(0).unwrap().set_style(CellRef::new(0, 0), wide);
+    let saved = write_xlsx(&set_directly).unwrap();
+    let mut pkg = Package::open(&saved).unwrap();
+    let xml = String::from_utf8(pkg.read("xl/styles.xml").unwrap().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert!(!xml.contains("<family val=\"200\"/>"), "{xml}");
 }
 
 #[test]