diff --git a/src/features/terminal/terminal.test.ts b/src/features/terminal/terminal.test.ts
index f6b1a7dfc..e649fdc42 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/terminal.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/terminal/terminal.test.ts
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ describe("split layout", () => {
 });
 
 describe("terminalFont", () => {
-  const BASE = '"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace';
+  const BASE = '"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace';
   const t = {
     useEditorFont: true,
     fontFamily: "JetBrains Mono",
@@ -303,13 +303,13 @@ describe("terminalFont", () => {
       "editor font, default family",
       t,
       editor,
-      `"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ${BASE.replace(", monospace", "")}, `,
+      `"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ${BASE.replace(", monospace", "")}, `,
     ],
     [
       "editor font, no editor settings",
       t,
       undefined,
-      `"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ${BASE.replace(", monospace", "")}, `,
+      `"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ${BASE.replace(", monospace", "")}, `,
     ],
     [
       "editor font, custom family",
@@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ describe("terminalFont", () => {
       "editor font, editor fallback",
       t,
       { ...editor, fallbackFont: "PingFang SC" },
-      `"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", "PingFang SC", ${BASE.replace(", monospace", "")}, `,
+      `"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", "PingFang SC", ${BASE.replace(", monospace", "")}, `,
     ],
     [
       "own font, default family",
       { ...t, useEditorFont: false },
       editor,
-      `"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ${BASE.replace(", monospace", "")}, `,
+      `"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ${BASE.replace(", monospace", "")}, `,
     ],
     [
       "own font, custom + fallback",
@@ -343,14 +343,14 @@ describe("terminalFont", () => {
   });
 
   it("resolves bundled Inter in inherited, independent and fallback selections", () => {
-    expect(terminalFont(t, { ...editor, fontFamily: "Inter" }, BASE).family).toMatch(/^"Inter Variable", "Inter",/);
+    expect(terminalFont(t, { ...editor, fontFamily: "Inter" }, BASE).family).toMatch(/^"Inter", "Inter Variable",/);
     expect(terminalFont({ ...t, useEditorFont: false, fontFamily: "Inter" }, editor, BASE).family).toMatch(
-      /^"Inter Variable", "Inter",/,
+      /^"Inter", "Inter Variable",/,
     );
     expect(terminalFont({ ...t, fallbackFontFamily: "Inter" }, editor, BASE).family).toContain(
-      '"Inter Variable", "Inter"',
+      '"Inter", "Inter Variable"',
     );
-    expect(terminalFont(t, { ...editor, fallbackFont: "Inter" }, BASE).family).toContain('"Inter Variable", "Inter"');
+    expect(terminalFont(t, { ...editor, fallbackFont: "Inter" }, BASE).family).toContain('"Inter", "Inter Variable"');
   });
 
   it("prefers the terminal's fallback over the editor's", () => {
diff --git a/src/platform/fonts.test.ts b/src/platform/fonts.test.ts
index 65cf7520f..b8dca68b6 100644
--- a/src/platform/fonts.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/fonts.test.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ const BASE = "var(--font-mono)";
 describe("monoFontFamily", () => {
   it.each([
     // #26: the default family names the bundled face, so it renders without a system install.
-    ["JetBrains Mono", "", `"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ${BASE}`],
-    ["", "", `"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ${BASE}`],
-    [undefined, "", `"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ${BASE}`],
-    ["JetBrains Mono", "PingFang SC", `"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", "PingFang SC", ${BASE}`],
-    ["Inter", "", `"Inter Variable", "Inter", ${BASE}`],
-    ["Fira Code", "Inter", `"Fira Code", "Inter Variable", "Inter", ${BASE}`],
-    ["Inter", "JetBrains Mono", `"Inter Variable", "Inter", "JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ${BASE}`],
-    ["inter", "jetbrains mono", `"Inter Variable", "Inter", "JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ${BASE}`],
+    // #2305: the installed family comes first, so its hinted outlines render like IDEA's.
+    ["JetBrains Mono", "", `"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ${BASE}`],
+    ["", "", `"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ${BASE}`],
+    [undefined, "", `"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ${BASE}`],
+    ["JetBrains Mono", "PingFang SC", `"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", "PingFang SC", ${BASE}`],
+    ["Inter", "", `"Inter", "Inter Variable", ${BASE}`],
+    ["Fira Code", "Inter", `"Fira Code", "Inter", "Inter Variable", ${BASE}`],
+    ["Inter", "JetBrains Mono", `"Inter", "Inter Variable", "JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ${BASE}`],
+    ["inter", "jetbrains mono", `"Inter", "Inter Variable", "JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ${BASE}`],
     ["Fira Code", "", `"Fira Code", ${BASE}`],
     ['"Cascadia Code"', " Microsoft YaHei ", `"Cascadia Code", "Microsoft YaHei", ${BASE}`],
   ])("%j + fallback %j", (family, fallback, expected) => {
@@ -36,11 +37,11 @@ it("escapes CSS special characters without turning a family into a list", () =>
 
 describe("uiFontFamily", () => {
   it.each([
-    ["Inter", "", '"Inter Variable", "Inter", system-ui, sans-serif'],
-    ["JetBrains Mono", "", '"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", system-ui, sans-serif'],
+    ["Inter", "", '"Inter", "Inter Variable", system-ui, sans-serif'],
+    ["JetBrains Mono", "", '"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", system-ui, sans-serif'],
     [' "PingFang SC" ', "", '"PingFang SC", system-ui, sans-serif'],
-    ["Inter", "思源黑体", '"Inter Variable", "Inter", "思源黑体", system-ui, sans-serif'],
-    ["Inter", " ", '"Inter Variable", "Inter", system-ui, sans-serif'],
+    ["Inter", "思源黑体", '"Inter", "Inter Variable", "思源黑体", system-ui, sans-serif'],
+    ["Inter", " ", '"Inter", "Inter Variable", system-ui, sans-serif'],
   ])("%j + %j", (family, fallback, expected) => {
     expect(uiFontFamily(family, fallback)).toBe(expected);
   });
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ describe("macOS user font resolver", () => {
   it("loads a UI fallback through the shared macOS user font resolver", async () => {
     const { fonts, invoke, registered } = await resolver(false);
     const family = fonts.uiFontFamily("Inter", "Maple Mono NF CN");
-    expect(family).toBe('"Inter Variable", "Inter", "OpenIDEA User Font 0", "Maple Mono NF CN", system-ui, sans-serif');
+    expect(family).toBe('"Inter", "Inter Variable", "OpenIDEA User Font 0", "Maple Mono NF CN", system-ui, sans-serif');
     expect(fonts.monoFontFamily("Inter", "Maple Mono NF CN")).toContain('"OpenIDEA User Font 0"');
     await fonts.fontsLoaded(family, 13);
     expect(invoke).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith("user_font_data", { family: "Maple Mono NF CN" });
diff --git a/src/platform/fonts.ts b/src/platform/fonts.ts
index 9acf9eb31..110d3f75e 100644
--- a/src/platform/fonts.ts
+++ b/src/platform/fonts.ts
@@ -4,20 +4,22 @@ import { guessOs } from "./platformInfo";
 /**
  * Monospace font-family lists shared by every consumer of the editor / terminal
  * font. "JetBrains Mono" is the bundled default, but the bundle registers it as
- * "JetBrains Mono Variable" (`@fontsource-variable/jetbrains-mono`); a list that
- * only names "JetBrains Mono" falls through to the system's generic monospace
- * wherever the font isn't installed (SimSun on Chinese Windows).
+ * "JetBrains Mono Variable" (`@fontsource-variable/jetbrains-mono`); the bundled
+ * variable face stays in the list so the family renders without a system install
+ * (SimSun on Chinese Windows otherwise, #26), but the installed family comes
+ * first: its hinted static outlines render like IntelliJ IDEA's, while the
+ * unhinted variable webfont looks blurred next to them at editor sizes (#2305).
  */
 
 export const BUNDLED_MONO_FAMILY = "JetBrains Mono";
 export const BUNDLED_UI_FAMILY = "Inter";
 const BUNDLED_FACES: ReadonlyMap<string, readonly string[]> = new Map([
-  [BUNDLED_MONO_FAMILY.toLowerCase(), ['"JetBrains Mono Variable"', '"JetBrains Mono"']],
+  [BUNDLED_MONO_FAMILY.toLowerCase(), ['"JetBrains Mono"', '"JetBrains Mono Variable"']],
   ["jetbrains mono variable", ['"JetBrains Mono Variable"']],
   ["inter variable", ['"Inter Variable"']],
-  [BUNDLED_UI_FAMILY.toLowerCase(), ['"Inter Variable"', '"Inter"']],
+  [BUNDLED_UI_FAMILY.toLowerCase(), ['"Inter"', '"Inter Variable"']],
 ]);
-const MONO_STACK_FALLBACK = '"JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace';
+const MONO_STACK_FALLBACK = '"JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace';
 
 /** Quote one CSS family safely (including quotes, backslashes and control characters). */
 export const quoteFontFamily = (family: string) =>
diff --git a/src/styles/tokens.css b/src/styles/tokens.css
index ea589dd4c..54e5fb63d 100644
--- a/src/styles/tokens.css
+++ b/src/styles/tokens.css
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ html {
   --font-ui: "Inter Variable", Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
   /* Shortcut glyphs (⌘⇧⌥⌃↵) render best in the system UI font, as in macOS menus. */
   --font-keys: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Symbol", system-ui, sans-serif;
-  --font-mono: "JetBrains Mono Variable", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace;
+  --font-mono: "JetBrains Mono", "JetBrains Mono Variable", ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace;
   --fs-ui: 13px;
   --fs-small: 12px;
   --fs-tiny: 11px;