diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/theme.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/theme.rs
index 485b9a2f3..08097ba27 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/theme.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/theme.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ fn candidates(role: &str) -> Vec<(String, u32)> {
     let mac_sys = "/System/Library/Fonts";
     let mac_sup = "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental";
     let win = std::env::var("WINDIR").map(|w| format!("{w}\\Fonts")).unwrap_or_else(|_| "C:\\Windows\\Fonts".into());
-    let lin = ["/usr/share/fonts/truetype", "/usr/share/fonts", "/usr/local/share/fonts", "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"];
+    // ChromeOS's Linux container (Crostini) mounts the host's fonts under `chromeos/` (#1762).
+    let lin = ["/usr/share/fonts/truetype", "/usr/share/fonts", "/usr/local/share/fonts", "/usr/share/fonts/TTF", "/usr/share/fonts/chromeos"];
     let mut v: Vec<(String, u32)> = Vec::new();
     let mut add = |s: String, i: u32| v.push((s, i));
     match role {
@@ -498,10 +499,10 @@ fn fallback_faces(han: HanOrder) -> Vec<(&'static str, Vec<(String, u32)>)> {
 }
 
 /// Linux directories that hold CJK fonts across distributions: Debian/Ubuntu (`opentype/noto`,
-/// `truetype/wqy`), Fedora (`google-noto-cjk`), Arch (`noto-cjk`, `wenquanyi`), plus local and
-/// flat layouts.
+/// `truetype/wqy`), Fedora (`google-noto-cjk`), Arch (`noto-cjk`, `wenquanyi`), ChromeOS's Linux
+/// container (`chromeos/notocjk`, #1762), plus local and flat layouts.
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-const LINUX_CJK_DIRS: [&str; 10] = [
+const LINUX_CJK_DIRS: [&str; 11] = [
     "/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto",
     "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto-cjk",
     "/usr/share/fonts/noto-cjk",
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@ const LINUX_CJK_DIRS: [&str; 10] = [
     "/usr/share/fonts",
     "/usr/local/share/fonts",
     "/usr/local/share/fonts/noto-cjk",
+    "/usr/share/fonts/chromeos/notocjk",
 ];
 
 /// Japanese Han + Kana faces (Japanese kanji glyph shapes).
@@ -581,7 +583,13 @@ fn thai() -> Vec<(String, u32)> {
     let mac_sys = "/System/Library/Fonts";
     let mac_sup = "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental";
     let win = std::env::var("WINDIR").map(|w| format!("{w}\\Fonts")).unwrap_or_else(|_| "C:\\Windows\\Fonts".into());
-    let lin = ["/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto", "/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto", "/usr/share/fonts/truetype", "/usr/share/fonts"];
+    let lin = [
+        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto",
+        "/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto",
+        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype",
+        "/usr/share/fonts",
+        "/usr/share/fonts/chromeos/noto", // ChromeOS's Linux container (#1762)
+    ];
     let mut v: Vec<(String, u32)> = Vec::new();
     v.push((format!("{win}\\LeelawUI.ttf"), 0)); // Leelawadee UI
     v.push((format!("{win}\\tahoma.ttf"), 0)); // Tahoma
@@ -603,7 +611,13 @@ fn hebrew() -> Vec<(String, u32)> {
     let mac_sys = "/System/Library/Fonts";
     let mac_sup = "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental";
     let win = std::env::var("WINDIR").map(|w| format!("{w}\\Fonts")).unwrap_or_else(|_| "C:\\Windows\\Fonts".into());
-    let lin = ["/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto", "/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto", "/usr/share/fonts/truetype", "/usr/share/fonts"];
+    let lin = [
+        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto",
+        "/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto",
+        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype",
+        "/usr/share/fonts",
+        "/usr/share/fonts/chromeos/noto", // ChromeOS's Linux container (#1762)
+    ];
     let mut v: Vec<(String, u32)> = Vec::new();
     v.push((format!("{win}\\david.ttf"), 0)); // David
     v.push((format!("{win}\\frank.ttf"), 0)); // FrankRuehl
@@ -657,6 +671,7 @@ fn symbols_more() -> Vec<(String, u32)> {
         "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto-sans-symbols-2-fonts",
         "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto",
         "/usr/local/share/fonts/noto",
+        "/usr/share/fonts/chromeos/noto",
     ] {
         v.push((format!("{d}/NotoSansSymbols2-Regular.ttf"), 0));
     }
@@ -888,6 +903,22 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn chromeos_font_layout_is_probed() {
+        // #1762: Crostini mounts the host's fonts under /usr/share/fonts/chromeos, one folder per
+        // family set; a script whose list misses it renders as tofu with the font installed.
+        let probes = |cands: Vec<(String, u32)>, path: &str| cands.iter().any(|(p, _)| p == path);
+        let cros = "/usr/share/fonts/chromeos";
+        assert!(probes(thai(), &format!("{cros}/noto/NotoSansThai-Regular.ttf")));
+        assert!(probes(hebrew(), &format!("{cros}/noto/NotoSansHebrew-Regular.ttf")));
+        assert!(probes(cjk_han_japanese(), &format!("{cros}/notocjk/NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttc")));
+        assert!(probes(cjk_han_simplified(), &format!("{cros}/notocjk/NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttc")));
+        assert!(probes(cjk_hangul(), &format!("{cros}/notocjk/NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttc")));
+        assert!(probes(symbols_more(), &format!("{cros}/noto/NotoSansSymbols2-Regular.ttf")));
+        assert!(probes(candidates(UI), &format!("{cros}/noto/NotoSans-Regular.ttf")));
+        assert!(probes(candidates(CELL), &format!("{cros}/crosextra/Carlito-Regular.ttf")));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn unparseable_font_files_are_rejected_not_fatal() {
         // #226: epaint panics in `set_fonts` on a face it can't parse ("An offset was out of