diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/style.rs b/crates/gpui/src/style.rs
index 0ca021f2b2b725bf027d68269724c1dab2736b29..8f1ebc8a618c7fb55322335b3da5285aa2659a2f 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/style.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ impl Default for TextStyle {
             // todo(linux) make this configurable or choose better default
             font_family: if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
                 "FreeMono".into()
+            } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+                "Segoe UI".into()
             } else {
                 "Helvetica".into()
             },
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/text_system.rs b/crates/gpui/src/text_system.rs
index b884e2ef934f182e1c2775046bbdc7b2ffe3e6ed..d9afea43f3b956ae641ba789ff459ec891b7f68f 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/text_system.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/text_system.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ impl TextSystem {
                 // We should allow GPUI users to provide their own fallback font stack.
                 font("Zed Plex Mono"),
                 font("Helvetica"),
+                font("Segoe UI"),  // Windows
                 font("Cantarell"), // Gnome
                 font("Ubuntu"),    // Gnome (Ubuntu)
                 font("Noto Sans"), // KDE