diff --git a/crates/gpui/examples/data_table.rs b/crates/gpui/examples/data_table.rs
index e176c44d530ecbc6d5d3140f5c2defaa30a6149e..56c9625ed3039b872cf4fcc70e84719ce903e268 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/examples/data_table.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/examples/data_table.rs
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ impl DataTable {
 impl Render for DataTable {
     fn render(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> impl IntoElement {
         div()
-            .font_family(".SystemUIFont")
             .bg(gpui::white())
             .text_sm()
             .size_full()
diff --git a/crates/gpui/examples/gradient.rs b/crates/gpui/examples/gradient.rs
index 4a84d2319d1d0b3d432d35dd2b66e168d733cffd..30fb3090a30d4f6c70e968d637dbf98b73559529 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/examples/gradient.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/examples/gradient.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Render for GradientViewer {
         let color_space = self.color_space;
 
         div()
-            .font_family(".SystemUIFont")
             .bg(gpui::white())
             .size_full()
             .p_4()
diff --git a/crates/gpui/examples/image_gallery.rs b/crates/gpui/examples/image_gallery.rs
index e7abb196c75ef2cd4a9376b10c253e54a89374e5..1fa7a8678f4794b50d245a02e210ea0c2d423ca3 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/examples/image_gallery.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/examples/image_gallery.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ impl Render for ImageGallery {
                 div()
                     .image_cache(self.image_cache.clone())
                     .id("main")
-                    .font_family(".SystemUIFont")
                     .text_color(gpui::black())
                     .bg(rgb(0xE9E9E9))
                     .overflow_y_scroll()
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ impl Render for ImageGallery {
             .child(image_cache(simple_lru_cache("lru-cache", IMAGES_IN_GALLERY)).child(
                 div()
                     .id("main")
-                    .font_family(".SystemUIFont")
                     .bg(rgb(0xE9E9E9))
                     .text_color(gpui::black())
                     .overflow_y_scroll()
diff --git a/crates/gpui/examples/painting.rs b/crates/gpui/examples/painting.rs
index 668aed23772d32a84a81cc0648d6b60dd05e21cf..e7055cbdbbd781523edbc851d143bf56a551728f 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/examples/painting.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/examples/painting.rs
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ impl Render for PaintingViewer {
         let dashed = self.dashed;
 
         div()
-            .font_family(".SystemUIFont")
             .bg(gpui::white())
             .size_full()
             .p_4()
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/style.rs b/crates/gpui/src/style.rs
index 8afb4e4eb8af70a78c1cd4fc0176a7fe3baf3c3e..42f8f25e47620fe673720055037b7f91f44165a2 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/style.rs
@@ -403,13 +403,7 @@ impl Default for TextStyle {
         TextStyle {
             color: black(),
             // todo(linux) make this configurable or choose better default
-            font_family: if cfg!(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd")) {
-                "FreeMono".into()
-            } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-                "Segoe UI".into()
-            } else {
-                "Helvetica".into()
-            },
+            font_family: ".SystemUIFont".into(),
             font_features: FontFeatures::default(),
             font_fallbacks: None,
             font_size: rems(1.).into(),
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/text_system.rs b/crates/gpui/src/text_system.rs
index 3de6e639b585bbe52e8d215065dceed6308781e3..cd665aae1b475dda8501ca459492fbf68e71c17f 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/text_system.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/text_system.rs
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ impl TextSystem {
                 font(".ZedMono"),
                 font(".ZedSans"),
                 font("Helvetica"),
-                font("Segoe UI"),  // Windows
-                font("Cantarell"), // Gnome
-                font("Ubuntu"),    // Gnome (Ubuntu)
-                font("Noto Sans"), // KDE
-                font("DejaVu Sans")
+                font("Segoe UI"),     // Windows
+                font("Ubuntu"),       // Gnome (Ubuntu)
+                font("Adwaita Sans"), // Gnome 47
+                font("Cantarell"),    // Gnome
+                font("Noto Sans"),    // KDE
+                font("DejaVu Sans"),
+                font("Arial"), // macOS, Windows
             ],
         }
     }