diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 968e20f..ab493c2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
         };
         androidSdk = androidComposition.androidsdk;
         sdkRoot = "${androidSdk}/libexec/android-sdk";
+
+        fonts = with pkgs; [ noto-fonts dejavu_fonts freefont_ttf ];
       in
       {
         devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
@@ -50,10 +52,12 @@
             pkgs.gradle
             pkgs.imagemagick # banner/icon generation
             pkgs.android-tools # adb for sideloading
-          ];
+          ] ++ fonts;
+
 
           ANDROID_HOME = sdkRoot;
           ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = sdkRoot;
+          FONTCONFIG_FILE = pkgs.makeFontsConf { fontDirectories = fonts; };
 
           # NixOS gotcha: AGP downloads a dynamically-linked aapt2 from Maven
           # that can't run on NixOS. AGP reads the override from gradle.properties