diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/find_font.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/find_font.rs
index 743b57ac1..9d90d58e2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/find_font.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/find_font.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 use egui::Ui;
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
-use crate::VectorcraftApp;
 use crate::state::Dialog;
 use crate::theme::{self, Tokens};
 use crate::widgets;
+use crate::{VectorcraftApp, font_menu};
 
 /// Open the dialog.
 pub fn open(app: &mut VectorcraftApp) {
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let Some(mut d) = app.ui.dialog.clone() else { return };
     let t = Tokens::get(ctx);
     let list = fonts(app);
+    let sample = font_menu::sample_text(app);
     let mut close = false;
     let mut act: Option<&str> = None;
     egui::Area::new(egui::Id::new("modal-dim")).order(egui::Order::Middle).fixed_pos(egui::pos2(0.0, 0.0)).show(ctx, |ui| {
@@ -71,9 +72,11 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
             widgets::subheader(ui, tl!("Replace With Font"));
             let fam = d.str("family");
             ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-                if let Some(f) = widgets::font_dropdown(ui, "ff-family", &fam, 220.0) {
+                // Picks the font only: nothing is previewed on the document.
+                let pick = font_menu::font_menu(ui, "ff-family", &fam, 220.0, sample.as_deref(), font_menu::MenuLook::of(app));
+                if let Some((f, style)) = font_menu::picked(app, pick) {
                     d.fields.insert("family".into(), json!(f));
-                    d.fields.insert("style".into(), json!(""));
+                    d.fields.insert("style".into(), json!(style.unwrap_or_default()));
                 }
                 let styles = vectorcraft_text::FontDb::global().styles(&d.str("family"));
                 // "(closest)" is ours; the font's style names are shown as they are.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/font_menu.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/font_menu.rs
index b4a581c22..4c6be54e6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/font_menu.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/font_menu.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-//! The font family menu of the Character and Properties panels: a search field over every family
-//! available, each row the family's name and a sample of the selected text set in it. The row
-//! under the pointer or reached with ↑/↓ previews its font on the selected text (one live
-//! interaction, nothing in the history); a click or Enter applies it as one step, Escape or
-//! closing the menu puts the text back. A star marks a favourite family, and the ★ filter lists
-//! only those. Preferences › Type › Enable in-menu font previews and Font Preview Size turn the
-//! samples off or size the rows.
+//! The font family menu of the Character, Properties and Glyphs panels and Find Font's Replace
+//! With: a search field over every family available, each row the family's name and a sample of
+//! the selected text set in it. In the Character and Properties panels the row under the pointer
+//! or reached with ↑/↓ previews its font on the selected text (one live interaction, nothing in
+//! the history); a click or Enter applies it as one step, Escape or closing the menu puts the text
+//! back. The Glyphs panel and Find Font only pick a font ([`picked`]): nothing is previewed on the
+//! document. A star marks a favourite family, and the ★ filter lists only those. Preferences ›
+//! Type › Enable in-menu font previews and Font Preview Size turn the samples off or size the
+//! rows.
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -637,15 +639,7 @@ pub(crate) fn apply(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, pick: FontPic
                 app.sync_views();
             }
         }
-        FontPick::Favorite(f) => {
-            let favs = &mut app.ui.favorite_fonts;
-            match favs.iter().position(|x| x.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&f)) {
-                Some(i) => {
-                    favs.remove(i);
-                }
-                None => favs.push(f),
-            }
-        }
+        FontPick::Favorite(f) => toggle_favorite(app, f),
         FontPick::Chosen(f, style) => {
             if previewing {
                 app.session.cancel_interaction().ok();
@@ -658,6 +652,31 @@ pub(crate) fn apply(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, pick: FontPic
     }
 }
 
+/// Star `family`, or take its star off (any case).
+fn toggle_favorite(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, family: String) {
+    let favs = &mut app.ui.favorite_fonts;
+    match favs.iter().position(|x| x.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&family)) {
+        Some(i) => {
+            favs.remove(i);
+        }
+        None => favs.push(family),
+    }
+}
+
+/// For a font menu that only picks a font and never changes the document (Find Font's Replace
+/// With, the Glyphs panel): the family (and style) chosen, if any. A star is toggled here; the
+/// highlighted row is not previewed.
+pub(crate) fn picked(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, pick: Option<FontPick>) -> Option<(String, Option<String>)> {
+    match pick? {
+        FontPick::Chosen(f, style) => Some((f, style)),
+        FontPick::Favorite(f) => {
+            toggle_favorite(app, f);
+            None
+        }
+        FontPick::Preview(..) | FontPick::EndPreview => None,
+    }
+}
+
 /// The command that sets font `family` (and `style`, else the closest the family has) on what the
 /// menus act on.
 fn font_command(app: &VectorcraftApp, family: &str, style: Option<&str>) -> (&'static str, serde_json::Value) {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/glyphs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/glyphs.rs
index 790d5f2ea..da2230187 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/glyphs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/glyphs.rs
@@ -198,8 +198,12 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
         .color(t.text_dim),
     );
     ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-        if let Some(f) = widgets::font_dropdown(ui, "gl-family", &family, (w * 0.6).max(80.0)) {
-            let st = db.face(&f, "Regular").map_or_else(|| "Regular".into(), |face| face.style.clone());
+        // Picks the font the panel browses only: nothing is previewed on the document.
+        let sample = crate::font_menu::sample_text(app);
+        let look = crate::font_menu::MenuLook::of(app);
+        let pick = crate::font_menu::font_menu(ui, "gl-family", &family, (w * 0.6).max(80.0), sample.as_deref(), look);
+        if let Some((f, style)) = crate::font_menu::picked(app, pick) {
+            let st = style.unwrap_or_else(|| db.face(&f, "Regular").map_or_else(|| "Regular".into(), |face| face.style.clone()));
             set_pstate(ui.ctx(), "gl-font", Some((f, st)));
         }
         let styles = db.styles(&family);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_font_menu.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_font_menu.rs
index 0dfc39421..a0d4a0744 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_font_menu.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_font_menu.rs
@@ -241,3 +241,32 @@ fn stars_mark_favourites_and_the_preferences_size_the_rows() {
     let look = MenuLook::of(&app);
     assert!(!look.samples && look.row > 24.0, "Font Preview Size and Enable in-menu font previews");
 }
+
+/// Find Font's Replace With and the Glyphs panel only pick a font: their menu's highlight never
+/// previews on the document, a choice is just returned, and a star is still toggled.
+#[test]
+fn menus_that_only_pick_a_font_leave_the_document_alone() {
+    let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 300, "height": 200})).unwrap();
+    let id = app.session.execute("text.create", &json!({"x": 20, "y": 50, "text": "Gagaku", "font": "Inter"})).unwrap()["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": [id]})).unwrap();
+    let font = |app: &VectorcraftApp| match &app.session.active().unwrap().doc.node(vectorcraft_doc::NodeId(id)).unwrap().kind {
+        NodeKind::Text(t) => t.first_style().font_family,
+        _ => String::new(),
+    };
+    let steps = |app: &VectorcraftApp| app.session.active().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    let before = steps(&app);
+    use crate::font_menu::picked;
+    assert_eq!(picked(&mut app, None), None);
+    assert_eq!(picked(&mut app, Some(FontPick::Preview("Source Serif 4".into(), None))), None);
+    assert_eq!(picked(&mut app, Some(FontPick::EndPreview)), None);
+    assert_eq!(
+        picked(&mut app, Some(FontPick::Chosen("Source Serif 4".into(), Some("Bold".into())))),
+        Some(("Source Serif 4".to_string(), Some("Bold".to_string())))
+    );
+    assert_eq!((font(&app), steps(&app)), ("Inter".to_string(), before), "nothing previewed or applied on the text");
+    assert_eq!(picked(&mut app, Some(FontPick::Favorite("Inter".into()))), None);
+    assert_eq!(app.ui.favorite_fonts, ["Inter"], "a star is still toggled");
+    assert_eq!(picked(&mut app, Some(FontPick::Favorite("inter".into()))), None);
+    assert!(app.ui.favorite_fonts.is_empty());
+}