diff --git a/frontend/locales/en.json b/frontend/locales/en.json
index 9f01a108..f24fb428 100644
--- a/frontend/locales/en.json
+++ b/frontend/locales/en.json
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@
   "anErrorHappened": "An error happened",
   "apiKeys": "API keys",
   "apiKeysSettingsDescription": "Add and revoke API keys for external access to your server",
+  "appDefaultTypography": "Application default typography ({value})",
   "appName": "App name",
   "appVersion": "App version",
   "appearsOn": "Appearances",
   "art": "Art",
   "artist": "Artist",
   "artists": "Artists",
+  "askAgain": "Ask again",
   "audio": "Audio",
   "auto": "Automatic",
   "backdrop": "Backdrop",
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@
   "createKeySuccess": "Successfully created a new API key",
   "crew": "Crew",
   "criticRating": "Critic rating",
+  "currentAppTypography": "Current application typography ({value})",
   "currentPassword": "Current password",
   "customRating": "Custom rating",
   "dateAdded": "Date added",
@@ -369,6 +372,7 @@
   "switchToLightMode": "Switch to light mode",
   "syncPlayGroups": "SyncPlay groups",
   "syncingSettingsInProgress": "Syncing settings…",
+  "systemTypography": "System typography",
   "tagName": "Tag name",
   "tagline": "Tagline",
   "tags": "Tags",
diff --git a/frontend/src/assets/styles/global.css b/frontend/src/assets/styles/global.css
index 726c5992..cf18c603 100644
--- a/frontend/src/assets/styles/global.css
+++ b/frontend/src/assets/styles/global.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 * {
-  font-family: 'Figtree Variable', sans-serif, system-ui !important;
+  font-family: var(--j-font-family), sans-serif, system-ui !important;
 }
 
 html {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Playback/SubtitleTrack.vue b/frontend/src/components/Playback/SubtitleTrack.vue
index b7fdf400..64c44ae1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Playback/SubtitleTrack.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Playback/SubtitleTrack.vue
@@ -5,26 +5,32 @@
     :srclang="playerElement.currentExternalSubtitleTrack?.srcLang"
     :src="playerElement.currentExternalSubtitleTrack?.src">
     <span
-      class="uno-inline-block"
+      class="uno-inline-block uno-pb-10px uno-color-white"
+      :class="{ 'stroked': subtitleSettings.state.stroke }"
       :style="subtitleStyle">
+      <template v-if="preview">
+        {{ $t('subtitlePreviewText') }}
+      </template>
       <JSafeHtml
-        v-if="currentSubtitle !== undefined"
+        v-else-if="currentSubtitle !== undefined"
         :html="currentSubtitle.text" />
-      {{ previewText }}
     </span>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { computed } from 'vue';
-import { subtitleSettings } from '@/store/client-settings';
-import { mediaControls } from '@/store';
+import { computed, type StyleValue } from 'vue';
+import { subtitleSettings } from '@/store/client-settings/subtitle-settings';
+import { DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY, mediaControls } from '@/store';
 import { playerElement } from '@/store/player-element';
 import { isNil } from '@/utils/validation';
 import type { ParsedSubtitleTrack } from '@/utils/subtitles';
 
-defineProps<{
-  previewText?: string;
+const { preview } = defineProps<{
+  /**
+   * Whether the subtitle track is in preview mode.
+   */
+  preview?: boolean;
 }>();
 
 /**
@@ -67,29 +73,43 @@ const currentSubtitle = computed(() =>
     ? findCurrentSubtitle(playerElement.currentExternalSubtitleTrack.parsed, mediaControls.currentTime.value)
     : undefined
 );
+
+const fontFamily = computed(() => {
+  if (subtitleSettings.state.fontFamily === 'default') {
+    return DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY;
+  } else if (subtitleSettings.state.fontFamily === 'system') {
+    return 'system-ui';
+  } else if (subtitleSettings.state.fontFamily !== 'auto') {
+    return subtitleSettings.state.fontFamily;
+  }
+});
+
 /**
  * Computed style for subtitle text element
  * reactive to client subtitle appearance settings
  */
-const subtitleStyle = computed(() => {
-  const subtitleAppearance = subtitleSettings.subtitleAppearance;
+const subtitleStyle = computed<StyleValue>(() => {
+  const subtitleAppearance = subtitleSettings.state;
 
   return {
-    fontFamily: `${subtitleAppearance.fontFamily} !important`,
     fontSize: `${subtitleAppearance.fontSize}em`,
     marginBottom: `${subtitleAppearance.positionFromBottom}vh`,
     backgroundColor: subtitleAppearance.backdrop ? 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)' : 'transparent',
-    padding: '10px',
-    color: 'white',
     /**
-     * Unwrap stroke style if stroke is enabled
+     * Unwrap font family and stroke style if stroke is enabled
      */
-    ...(subtitleAppearance.stroke && {
-      TextStrokeColor: 'black',
-      TextStrokeWidth: '7px',
-      textShadow: '2px 2px 15px black',
-      paintOrder: 'stroke fill'
+    ...(fontFamily.value && {
+      fontFamily: `${fontFamily.value} !important`
     })
   };
 });
 </script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.stroked {
+  --webkit-text-stroke-color: black;
+  --webkit-text-stroke-width: 7px;
+  text-shadow: 2px 2px 15px black;
+  paint-order: stroke fill;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Selectors/FontSelector.vue b/frontend/src/components/Selectors/FontSelector.vue
index 8f507d80..9bc199e6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Selectors/FontSelector.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Selectors/FontSelector.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     icon="$warning">
     {{ $t('queryLocalFontsNotSupportedWarning') }}
     <br>
-
     <a
       class="uno-font-bold"
       href="https://caniuse.com/mdn-api_window_querylocalfonts"
@@ -30,45 +29,106 @@
       rel="noopener">
       {{ $t('enablePermission') }}
     </a>
+    <a
+      class="uno-font-bold"
+      @click="askForPermission">
+      {{ $t('askAgain') }}
+    </a>
   </VAlert>
 
   <VSelect
-    v-model="model"
-    :label="label"
-    :items="fontList"
+    v-model="_model"
+    v-bind="$attrs"
+    :items="selection"
     :disabled="!isQueryLocalFontsSupported || !fontAccess" />
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { usePermission, useSupported } from '@vueuse/core';
-import { ref, computed, watchEffect } from 'vue';
+import { computedAsync, usePermission, useSupported } from '@vueuse/core';
+import { computed } from 'vue';
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n';
+import { clientSettings } from '@/store/client-settings';
+import { DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY } from '@/store';
 
-defineProps<{
-  label?: string;
+const { appWide } = defineProps<{
+  /**
+   * If this font selector is used for selecting the typography for the whole app
+   */
+  appWide?: boolean;
 }>();
 
+const model = defineModel<string | undefined>();
 const { t } = useI18n();
 
-const model = defineModel<string | undefined>();
-const fontList = ref<string[]>([]);
-
-const fontPermission = usePermission('local-fonts');
+const { query: permissionQuery, isSupported, state: fontPermission } = usePermission('local-fonts', { controls: true });
 const fontAccess = computed(() => fontPermission.value === 'granted');
-const isQueryLocalFontsSupported = useSupported(() => 'queryLocalFonts' in window);
+const isQueryLocalFontsSupported = useSupported(() => isSupported.value && 'queryLocalFonts' in window);
+const askForPermission = async () => isQueryLocalFontsSupported.value
+  ? Promise.all([permissionQuery, window.queryLocalFonts])
+  : undefined;
 
-watchEffect(async () => {
-  if (isQueryLocalFontsSupported.value && fontAccess.value) {
-    const localFonts = await window.queryLocalFonts();
-    const uniqueFonts: string[] = [];
+/**
+ * Edge at least doesn't allow for querying the permission directly using navigator.permission,
+ * only after querying the fonts, so we perform the query regardless at the beginning.
+ */
+const fontList = computedAsync(async () => {
+  const res: string[] = [];
 
-    for (const font of localFonts) {
-      if (!uniqueFonts.includes(font.family)) {
-        uniqueFonts.push(font.family);
+  if (fontAccess.value || isQueryLocalFontsSupported.value) {
+    const set = new Set<string>((await window.queryLocalFonts()).map((font: FontFace) => font.family));
+
+    /**
+     * Removes the current selected tpography (in case it's not the default one)
+     */
+    set.delete(clientSettings.typography);
+    res.push(...set);
+  }
+
+  return res;
+}, []);
+
+const selection = computed(() => {
+  const res = [
+    {
+      title: t('appDefaultTypography', { value: DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY }),
+      value: 'default'
+    },
+    {
+      title: t('systemTypography'),
+      value: 'system'
+    }, ...fontList.value.map(f => ({
+      title: f,
+      value: f
+    }))];
+
+  if (!appWide && !['system', 'default'].includes(clientSettings.typography)) {
+    res.unshift(
+      {
+        title: t('currentAppTypography', {
+          value: clientSettings.typography
+        }),
+        value: clientSettings.typography
       }
+    );
+  }
+
+  return res;
+});
+
+const _model = computed({
+  get() {
+    if (appWide) {
+      return clientSettings.typography;
     }
 
-    fontList.value = uniqueFonts;
+    return model.value;
+  },
+  set(newVal) {
+    if (appWide && newVal) {
+      clientSettings.typography = newVal;
+    }
+
+    model.value = newVal;
   }
 });
 </script>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/lib/JApp.vue b/frontend/src/components/lib/JApp.vue
index 8ac2d96e..349887a1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/lib/JApp.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/lib/JApp.vue
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         cursor: wait;
       </template>
       --j-color-background: rgb(var(--v-theme-background));
+      --j-font-family: '{{ typography }}';
       }
     </component>
     <!-- eslint-enable @intlify/vue-i18n/no-raw-text vue/require-component-is -->
@@ -22,7 +23,20 @@
 /**
  * TODO: Investigate or propose an RFC to allow style tags inside SFCs
  */
+import { computed } from 'vue';
 import { useLoading } from '@/composables/use-loading';
+import { DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY } from '@/store';
+import { clientSettings } from '@/store/client-settings';
 
 const { isLoading } = useLoading();
+
+const typography = computed(() => {
+  if (clientSettings.typography === 'system') {
+    return 'system-ui';
+  } else if (clientSettings.typography === 'default') {
+    return DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY;
+  } else {
+    return clientSettings.typography;
+  }
+});
 </script>
diff --git a/frontend/src/composables/use-font.ts b/frontend/src/composables/use-font.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a483a97..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/composables/use-font.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import { ref } from 'vue';
-
-const currentFont = ref('');
-
-/**
- * Updates the currentFont reactive reference based on the font family of the document body.
- * It retrieves the computed font style of the body and sets the currentFont to the primary font.
- */
-const updateFont = () => {
-  const body = document.body;
-  const style = window.getComputedStyle(body);
-
-  // Remove fallback fonts and quotes around the font name
-  const fontFamily = style.fontFamily.split(', ')[0].replaceAll(/["']/g, '');
-
-  currentFont.value = fontFamily;
-};
-
-// Event listener to update the font when the font loading is done
-document.fonts.addEventListener('loadingdone', () => {
-  updateFont();
-});
-
-// Initial font retrieval
-updateFont();
-
-/**
- * Provides a reactive reference for the current font.
- *
- * @returns An object containing the `currentFont` reactive reference.
- */
-export function useFont() {
-  return { currentFont };
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/settings/subtitles.vue b/frontend/src/pages/settings/subtitles.vue
index 405c40a4..adca8765 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/settings/subtitles.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/settings/subtitles.vue
@@ -1,48 +1,45 @@
 <template>
   <SettingsPage>
     <template #title>
-      {{ t('subtitles') }}
+      {{ $t('subtitles') }}
     </template>
 
     <template #content>
       <VCol
         md="6"
-        class="pt-0 pb-4">
+        class="uno-pb-4 uno-pt-0">
         <FontSelector
-          v-model="subtitleSettings.subtitleAppearance.fontFamily"
+          v-model="subtitleSettings.state.fontFamily"
           :label="$t('subtitleFont')" />
 
         <VSlider
-          v-model="subtitleSettings.subtitleAppearance.fontSize"
+          v-model="subtitleSettings.state.fontSize"
           :label="$t('fontSize')"
           :min="1"
           :max="4.5"
           :step="0.1" />
 
         <VSlider
-          v-model="subtitleSettings.subtitleAppearance.positionFromBottom"
+          v-model="subtitleSettings.state.positionFromBottom"
           :label="$t('positionFromBottom')"
           :min="0"
           :max="30"
           :step="1" />
 
         <VCheckbox
-          v-model="subtitleSettings.subtitleAppearance.backdrop"
+          v-model="subtitleSettings.state.backdrop"
           :label="$t('backdrop')" />
 
         <VCheckbox
-          v-model="subtitleSettings.subtitleAppearance.stroke"
+          v-model="subtitleSettings.state.stroke"
           :label="$t('stroke')" />
 
-        <SubtitleTrack :preview-text="$t('subtitlePreviewText')" />
+        <SubtitleTrack preview />
       </VCol>
     </template>
   </SettingsPage>
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n';
-import { subtitleSettings } from '@/store/client-settings';
-
-const { t } = useI18n();
+import { subtitleSettings } from '@/store/client-settings/subtitle-settings';
 </script>
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/client-settings/index.ts b/frontend/src/store/client-settings/index.ts
index 18ed744f..dd7a23d8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/client-settings/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/store/client-settings/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { remote } from '@/plugins/remote';
 import { vuetify } from '@/plugins/vuetify';
 import { sealed } from '@/utils/validation';
 import { SyncedStore } from '@/store/super/synced-store';
+import type { TypographyChoices } from '@/store';
 
 /**
  * == INTERFACES AND TYPES ==
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { SyncedStore } from '@/store/super/synced-store';
  */
 
 export interface ClientSettingsState {
+  typography: TypographyChoices;
   darkMode: 'auto' | boolean;
   locale: string;
 }
@@ -44,6 +46,14 @@ class ClientSettingsStore extends SyncedStore<ClientSettingsState> {
     return this._state.locale;
   }
 
+  public get typography() {
+    return this._state.typography;
+  }
+
+  public set typography(newVal: ClientSettingsState['typography']) {
+    this._state.typography = newVal;
+  }
+
   public set darkMode(newVal: 'auto' | boolean) {
     this._state.darkMode = newVal;
   }
@@ -72,6 +82,7 @@ class ClientSettingsStore extends SyncedStore<ClientSettingsState> {
 
   public constructor() {
     super('clientSettings', {
+      typography: 'default',
       darkMode: 'auto',
       locale: 'auto'
     }, 'localStorage');
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/client-settings/subtitle-settings.ts b/frontend/src/store/client-settings/subtitle-settings.ts
index 9b9887d2..5951ae4e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/client-settings/subtitle-settings.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/store/client-settings/subtitle-settings.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,22 @@ import { watch } from 'vue';
 import { remote } from '@/plugins/remote';
 import { sealed } from '@/utils/validation';
 import { SyncedStore } from '@/store/super/synced-store';
+import type { TypographyChoices } from '@/store';
 
 /**
  * == INTERFACES AND TYPES ==
  */
 
 export interface SubtitleSettingsState {
-  fontFamily: string;
+  /**
+   * default: Default application typography.
+   *
+   * system: System typography
+   *
+   * auto: Selects the current selected typography for the application
+   * @default: auto
+   */
+  fontFamily: 'auto' | TypographyChoices;
   fontSize: number;
   positionFromBottom: number;
   backdrop: boolean;
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/index.ts b/frontend/src/store/index.ts
index a371fd46..b3134723 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/store/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ import { isNil } from '@/utils/validation';
  * efficient to reuse those, both in components and TS files.
  */
 
+export const DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY = 'Figtree Variable';
+/**
+ * Type for the different typography choices across the application
+ *
+ * default: Default application typography.
+ *
+ * system: System typography
+ */
+export type TypographyChoices = 'default' | 'system' | (string & {});
+
 /**
  * == BLURHASH DEFAULTS ==
  * By default, 20x20 pixels with a punch of 1 is returned.
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/super/synced-store.ts b/frontend/src/store/super/synced-store.ts
index 5602c956..5559588b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/super/synced-store.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/store/super/synced-store.ts
@@ -110,21 +110,19 @@ export abstract class SyncedStore<T extends object> extends CommonStore<T> {
       try {
         const data = await this._fetchState();
 
-        if (data) {
-          for (const watcher of this._pausableWatchers) {
-            watcher.pause();
-          }
+        for (const watcher of this._pausableWatchers) {
+          watcher.pause();
+        }
 
-          const newState = {
-            ...toRaw(this._state),
-            ...data
-          };
+        const newState = {
+          ...toRaw(this._state),
+          ...data
+        };
 
-          Object.assign(this._state, newState);
+        Object.assign(this._state, newState);
 
-          for (const watcher of this._pausableWatchers) {
-            watcher.resume();
-          }
+        for (const watcher of this._pausableWatchers) {
+          watcher.resume();
         }
       } catch {
         useSnackbar(i18n.t('failedSyncingUserSettings'), 'error');
@@ -144,12 +142,12 @@ export abstract class SyncedStore<T extends object> extends CommonStore<T> {
     if (keys) {
       for (const key of keys) {
         this._pausableWatchers.push(
-          watchPausable(() => this._state[key], this._updateState)
+          watchPausable(() => this._state[key], this._updateState, { deep: true })
         );
       }
     } else {
       this._pausableWatchers.push(
-        watchPausable(this._state, this._updateState)
+        watchPausable(this._state, this._updateState, { deep: true })
       );
     }