diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/deterministicFonts.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/deterministicFonts.ts
index dcdab7b7..c9407d41 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/deterministicFonts.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/deterministicFonts.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,136 @@ const GENERIC_FAMILIES = new Set([
   "blinkmacsystemfont",
 ]);
 
+/**
+ * Well-known OS system fonts that are pre-installed on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
+ * These do not need @font-face injection — the OS provides them directly.
+ * Without this list, font-family values like `'Courier New', Courier, monospace`
+ * cause the compiler to attempt Google Fonts resolution for "Courier New" and
+ * "Courier", which 404s in headless render environments and adds noise to output.
+ */
+const SYSTEM_FONTS = new Set([
+  // Windows
+  "arial",
+  "arial black",
+  "arial narrow",
+  "bahnschrift",
+  "calibri",
+  "cambria",
+  "cambria math",
+  "candara",
+  "comic sans ms",
+  "consolas",
+  "constantia",
+  "corbel",
+  "courier",
+  "courier new",
+  "ebrima",
+  "franklin gothic medium",
+  "gabriola",
+  "gadugi",
+  "georgia",
+  "impact",
+  "javanese text",
+  "leelawadee ui",
+  "lucida console",
+  "lucida sans unicode",
+  "malgun gothic",
+  "marlett",
+  "microsoft himalaya",
+  "microsoft jheng hei",
+  "microsoft new tai lue",
+  "microsoft phagspa",
+  "microsoft sans serif",
+  "microsoft tai le",
+  "microsoft uighur",
+  "microsoft yahei",
+  "microsoft yi baiti",
+  "mingliu-extb",
+  "mongolian baiti",
+  "ms gothic",
+  "ms pgothic",
+  "ms ui gothic",
+  "mv boli",
+  "myanmar text",
+  "nirmala ui",
+  "palatino linotype",
+  "segoe mdl2 assets",
+  "segoe print",
+  "segoe script",
+  "segoe ui",
+  "segoe ui emoji",
+  "segoe ui historic",
+  "segoe ui symbol",
+  "simsun",
+  "sitka",
+  "sylfaen",
+  "symbol",
+  "tahoma",
+  "times new roman",
+  "trebuchet ms",
+  "verdana",
+  "webdings",
+  "wingdings",
+  "yu gothic",
+  // macOS / iOS
+  "helvetica",
+  "helvetica neue",
+  "sf pro",
+  "sf pro display",
+  "sf pro text",
+  "sf mono",
+  "sf compact",
+  "new york",
+  "lucida grande",
+  "monaco",
+  "menlo",
+  "optima",
+  "futura",
+  "gill sans",
+  "hoefler text",
+  "didot",
+  "baskerville",
+  "rockwell",
+  "american typewriter",
+  "apple chancery",
+  "apple color emoji",
+  "apple sd gothic neo",
+  "apple symbols",
+  "brush script mt",
+  "chalkboard",
+  "cochin",
+  "copperplate",
+  "papyrus",
+  "phosphate",
+  "marker felt",
+  "noteworthy",
+  "snell roundhand",
+  "zapf dingbats",
+  "zapfino",
+  // Linux / cross-platform
+  "dejavu sans",
+  "dejavu sans mono",
+  "dejavu serif",
+  "liberation mono",
+  "liberation sans",
+  "liberation serif",
+  "freemono",
+  "freesans",
+  "freeserif",
+  "nimbus mono ps",
+  "nimbus roman",
+  "nimbus sans",
+  "ubuntu",
+  "ubuntu mono",
+  "cantarell",
+  "droid sans",
+  "droid serif",
+  "droid sans mono",
+  "noto sans",
+  "noto serif",
+  "noto mono",
+]);
+
 const CANONICAL_FONTS: Record<string, CanonicalFontSpec> = {
   inter: {
     packageName: "@fontsource/inter",
@@ -186,7 +316,7 @@ function extractRequestedFontFamilies(html: string): Map<string, string> {
         .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, "")
         .trim();
       const normalized = originalCase.toLowerCase();
-      if (!normalized || GENERIC_FAMILIES.has(normalized)) {
+      if (!normalized || GENERIC_FAMILIES.has(normalized) || SYSTEM_FONTS.has(normalized)) {
         continue;
       }
       if (!requested.has(normalized)) {