diff --git a/crates/docx/src/read/props.rs b/crates/docx/src/read/props.rs
index d6d97914e..0ba0132a5 100644
--- a/crates/docx/src/read/props.rs
+++ b/crates/docx/src/read/props.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,19 @@ impl PropCtx {
                         .filter(|f| !f.is_empty())
                         .map(str::to_string)
                         .or_else(|| k.attr("w:asciiTheme").or_else(|| k.attr("w:hAnsiTheme")).and_then(|t| self.theme_font(t)))
-                        .or_else(|| k.attr("w:cs").or_else(|| k.attr("w:eastAsia")).filter(|f| !f.is_empty()).map(str::to_string));
+                        .or_else(|| {
+                            // `w:eastAsia` and `w:cs` name fonts for other scripts; they stand in for the
+                            // Latin font only when the run is hinted as that script. Otherwise the Latin
+                            // font is inherited (a Normal style with only `w:eastAsia`/`w:cs` keeps the
+                            // `docDefaults` font, as in Word).
+                            match k.attr("w:hint") {
+                                Some("eastAsia") => k.attr("w:eastAsia"),
+                                Some("cs") => k.attr("w:cs"),
+                                _ => None,
+                            }
+                            .filter(|f| !f.is_empty())
+                            .map(str::to_string)
+                        });
                 }
                 "w:b" => c.bold = Some(on_off(k)),
                 "w:i" => c.italic = Some(on_off(k)),
diff --git a/crates/docx/tests/fixtures.rs b/crates/docx/tests/fixtures.rs
index 7f1d99b7f..d91d6a8b5 100644
--- a/crates/docx/tests/fixtures.rs
+++ b/crates/docx/tests/fixtures.rs
@@ -389,6 +389,25 @@ fn header_self_reference_and_escaping_targets() {
     wordcraft_docx::read(&out).unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn style_rfonts_without_ascii_inherits_doc_defaults_font() {
+    // Issue #93: Normal names only East Asian / complex-script fonts, so Latin text keeps the
+    // docDefaults font. A run hinted as East Asian still uses its East Asian font.
+    let styles = format!(
+        r#"<w:styles {W_NS}>
+ <w:docDefaults><w:rPrDefault><w:rPr><w:rFonts w:ascii="Calibri" w:eastAsia="Calibri" w:hAnsi="Calibri" w:cs="Calibri"/></w:rPr></w:rPrDefault><w:pPrDefault/></w:docDefaults>
+ <w:style w:type="paragraph" w:default="1" w:styleId="Normal"><w:name w:val="Normal"/><w:qFormat/><w:rPr><w:rFonts w:eastAsia="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/></w:rPr></w:style>
+</w:styles>"#
+    );
+    let body = r#"<w:p><w:r><w:t>Plain</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:r><w:rPr><w:rFonts w:hint="eastAsia" w:eastAsia="SimSun"/></w:rPr><w:t>漢字</w:t></w:r></w:p>"#;
+    let d = wordcraft_docx::read(&docx(body, &[("rId1", "styles", "styles.xml")], &[("word/styles.xml", &styles)])).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(d.styles.get("Normal").unwrap().chr.font, None);
+    let ps = paras(&d);
+    let font = |p: &Paragraph| d.styles.resolve_char(p.props.style.as_deref(), &p.runs[0].props).font;
+    assert_eq!(font(ps[0]), "Calibri");
+    assert_eq!(font(ps[1]), "SimSun");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn bare_break_directly_in_paragraph() {
     let body = r#"<w:p><w:r><w:t>First</w:t></w:r><w:br/><w:r><w:t>Second</w:t></w:r><w:cr/><w:br w:type="page"/><w:r><w:t>Third</w:t></w:r></w:p>"#;