diff --git a/src/renderer/App.tsx b/src/renderer/App.tsx
index 6d205af..32fd6cf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/App.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { UpdateBanner } from './components/UpdateBanner';
 import { FirstRunWizard } from './components/FirstRunWizard';
 import { useWelcomeTrigger } from './hooks/use-welcome-trigger';
 import { useAutoUpdateCheck } from './hooks/useAutoUpdateCheck';
+import { useMonospaceClasses } from './hooks/use-monospace-classes';
 
 import { useSettingsStore } from './stores/settings-store';
 import { ipc } from './lib/ipc';
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ function scopeCSS(cssText: string, scopeSelector: string) {
 function App() {
   useWelcomeTrigger();
   useAutoUpdateCheck();
+  useMonospaceClasses();
   const [printOpen, setPrintOpen] = useState(false);
   const customCssPath = useSettingsStore((s) => s.customCssPath);
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/hooks/use-monospace-classes.ts b/src/renderer/hooks/use-monospace-classes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e1bf6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/hooks/use-monospace-classes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+export interface MonospaceSettings {
+  monospaceFont: 'jetbrains-mono' | 'fira-code';
+  monospaceLigatures: boolean;
+}
+
+const DEFAULTS: MonospaceSettings = {
+  monospaceFont: 'jetbrains-mono',
+  monospaceLigatures: false,
+};
+
+const FAMILY_CLASSES = ['mono-jetbrains-mono', 'mono-fira-code'];
+const LIG_CLASSES = ['mono-ligatures-on', 'mono-ligatures-off'];
+
+function stripMonospaceClasses(): void {
+  for (const c of [...FAMILY_CLASSES, ...LIG_CLASSES]) {
+    document.body.classList.remove(c);
+  }
+}
+
+export function applyMonospaceClasses(input: Partial<MonospaceSettings> | null | undefined): MonospaceSettings {
+  const safe: MonospaceSettings = {
+    monospaceFont:
+      input && input.monospaceFont === 'fira-code' ? 'fira-code' : DEFAULTS.monospaceFont,
+    monospaceLigatures: !!(input && input.monospaceLigatures === true),
+  };
+  stripMonospaceClasses();
+  document.body.classList.add(`mono-${safe.monospaceFont}`);
+  document.body.classList.add(`mono-ligatures-${safe.monospaceLigatures ? 'on' : 'off'}`);
+  return safe;
+}
+
+export function useMonospaceClasses(): void {
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') return;
+  const api = (window as unknown as { electronAPI?: { monospace?: { getSettings?: () => Promise<MonospaceSettings> } } })
+    .electronAPI;
+  if (!api || !api.monospace || typeof api.monospace.getSettings !== 'function') return;
+  api.monospace
+    .getSettings()
+    .then(applyMonospaceClasses)
+    .catch(() => applyMonospaceClasses(null));
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/styles/globals.css b/src/renderer/styles/globals.css
index 9c11d3b..d06cdfe 100644
--- a/src/renderer/styles/globals.css
+++ b/src/renderer/styles/globals.css
@@ -96,3 +96,22 @@
 .cm-editor .cm-scroller {
   @apply font-mono text-sm;
 }
+
+/* Monospace font + ligature tokens — driven by body.mono-* classes */
+:root {
+  --font-mono-active: 'JetBrains Mono', 'SF Mono', Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace;
+  --font-mono-feature: 'liga' 0, 'calt' 0;
+}
+body.mono-fira-code {
+  --font-mono-active: 'Fira Code', 'JetBrains Mono', 'SF Mono', monospace;
+}
+body.mono-ligatures-on {
+  --font-mono-feature: 'liga' 1, 'calt' 1;
+}
+code,
+pre,
+kbd,
+samp {
+  font-family: var(--font-mono-active);
+  font-feature-settings: var(--font-mono-feature);
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/use-monospace-classes.test.ts b/tests/unit/lib/use-monospace-classes.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4baa44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/use-monospace-classes.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { applyMonospaceClasses } from "../../../src/renderer/hooks/use-monospace-classes";
+
+describe('applyMonospaceClasses', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    document.body.className = '';
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    document.body.className = '';
+  });
+
+  it('applies jetbrains-mono + ligatures-off for default settings', () => {
+    applyMonospaceClasses({ monospaceFont: 'jetbrains-mono', monospaceLigatures: false });
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-jetbrains-mono')).toBe(true);
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-ligatures-off')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('applies fira-code + ligatures-on when enabled', () => {
+    applyMonospaceClasses({ monospaceFont: 'fira-code', monospaceLigatures: true });
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-fira-code')).toBe(true);
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-ligatures-on')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('strips prior mono-* classes before applying new ones', () => {
+    document.body.classList.add('mono-jetbrains-mono', 'mono-ligatures-off');
+    applyMonospaceClasses({ monospaceFont: 'fira-code', monospaceLigatures: true });
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-jetbrains-mono')).toBe(false);
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-ligatures-off')).toBe(false);
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-fira-code')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to defaults when given null', () => {
+    applyMonospaceClasses(null);
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-jetbrains-mono')).toBe(true);
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('mono-ligatures-off')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});