diff --git a/.voidbot/state/README.md b/.voidbot/state/README.md
index d442914..1ffe1c3 100644
--- a/.voidbot/state/README.md
+++ b/.voidbot/state/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Repo Face State
+# Repo Persona State
 
 This folder stores birth and continuity state for `Eve`.
 Do not treat these files as arbitrary editable projections. Persistent memory should cross typed operation boundaries.
 
 `docs/eve-face.md` is the human-readable mission/memory surface for Eve's repo
-Face. Keep `.voidbot/state/eve.cc` as the typed authority, and keep the docs
+Persona. Keep `.voidbot/state/eve.cc` as the typed authority, and keep the docs
 surface aligned when Eve's durable mission changes.
diff --git a/.voidbot/state/eve.cc b/.voidbot/state/eve.cc
index b59d175..9a82389 100644
Binary files a/.voidbot/state/eve.cc and b/.voidbot/state/eve.cc differ
diff --git a/.voidbot/status/void-memory-maintenance.json b/.voidbot/status/void-memory-maintenance.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dee855c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.voidbot/status/void-memory-maintenance.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "status": "starting",
+  "startedAt": "2026-06-14T19:46:52.908Z",
+  "stateFile": "E:\\Projects\\Eve\\.voidbot\\state\\eve.cc",
+  "launcher": "repo_face_heartbeat",
+  "reason": "repo_face_stale_short_term_memory"
+}
diff --git a/.voidbot/voice/README.md b/.voidbot/voice/README.md
index 5986751..2fd8a71 100644
--- a/.voidbot/voice/README.md
+++ b/.voidbot/voice/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Repo Face Voice
+# Repo Persona Voice
 
-This folder belongs to the Discord-facing Face for `Eve`.
-Discord roles address the Face; VoidBot's webhook persona pipe is the mouth.
+This folder belongs to the Discord-facing Persona for `Eve`.
+Discord roles address the Persona; VoidBot's webhook persona pipe is the mouth.
diff --git a/.voidbot/voice/identity.json b/.voidbot/voice/identity.json
index e8a34b9..2a76758 100644
--- a/.voidbot/voice/identity.json
+++ b/.voidbot/voice/identity.json
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
   "roleId": "1510848465243082874",
   "avatarUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GameCult/VoidBot/codex/voidbot-cultcache-replace-retry/assets/repo-faces/eve.png",
   "repoPath": "E:\\Projects\\Eve",
-  "createdOrRefreshedAt": "2026-06-01T18:13:24.841Z"
+  "createdOrRefreshedAt": "2026-06-15T20:45:04.746Z"
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84bebff..e2700ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ CultMesh as typed distributed state; the
 [Week 07 damage report](https://gamecult.org/Blog/daily-damage-report/week-07)
 records Eve, Fensalir, CultLib, Sai, and Odin turning operator surfaces into
 first-class state; [The Free Mouth And The Native Body](https://gamecult.org/Blog/the-free-mouth-and-the-native-body)
-describes the Face/native-body split Eve must serve; and
+describes the Persona/native-body split Eve must serve; and
 [The Sleeping Colossus Learns To Refuse The Throne](https://gamecult.org/Blog/the-sleeping-colossus-refuses-the-throne)
 is the praxis warning: means and ends must match. Eve's means are local
 projection, consentful command boundaries, inspectable stale state, and clear
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ state and command handling. Eve is the operator's hand on the scene graph, not a
 second compositor and not a remote WebKit runtime.
 
 The broker includes a native VoidBot tab/provider. Eve renders its CTB rail with
-avatar images, selected Face status panel, state tree, and detail pane from the
+avatar images, selected Persona status panel, state tree, and detail pane from the
 same VoidBot `swarm-state.json` projection used by the web dashboard.
 
 ## Build Shape
diff --git a/docs/cultmesh-streaming-ui-framework.md b/docs/cultmesh-streaming-ui-framework.md
index 52c0245..9bf0b1e 100644
--- a/docs/cultmesh-streaming-ui-framework.md
+++ b/docs/cultmesh-streaming-ui-framework.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ The current iOS app consumes Mimir's `/eve/deck` WebSocket broker. That broker i
 already shaped like the future API: provider manifests, retained dashboard
 state, provider switching, commands, and typed node metadata. The VoidBot
 provider proves that Eve can render an app-specific native cockpit from a
-structured mesh snapshot: CTB rail, avatar images, selected Face/status pane,
+structured mesh snapshot: CTB rail, avatar images, selected Persona/status pane,
 state tree, and detail panel.
 
 The Android proof under `android/` builds directly against the installed Android
diff --git a/docs/cultui-style-system.md b/docs/cultui-style-system.md
index f9b5f3c..83c3d7b 100644
--- a/docs/cultui-style-system.md
+++ b/docs/cultui-style-system.md
@@ -293,8 +293,9 @@ The portable style document should look like data:
     "colorBackgroundTop": "#01040b",
     "colorPanel": "#0a2239",
     "colorText": "#efe5c9",
-    "fontTitle": "Press Start 2P",
-    "fontBody": "VT323",
+    "fontDisplay": "\"Montserrat\", \"Zen Kaku Gothic New\", \"M PLUS 1\", sans-serif",
+    "fontTitle": "\"Montserrat\", \"Zen Kaku Gothic New\", \"M PLUS 1\", sans-serif",
+    "fontBody": "\"M PLUS 1\", \"Ubuntu Sans\", Ubuntu, sans-serif",
     "borderWidthPx": 4,
     "pixelArt": true,
     "scanlineOverlay": true
@@ -315,6 +316,17 @@ Rules should target component roles, variants, and state, not arbitrary global
 text selectors. If a style cannot explain which component role or variant it
 serves, it probably belongs in a runtime lowerer or nowhere.
 
+Typography roles carry script-coverage obligations. GUI body text should use
+`M PLUS 1` and `Ubuntu Sans`/Ubuntu for the clean contemporary reading voice.
+GUI display text may use Montserrat for Latin, but Japanese display needs a
+matching contemporary fallback such as `Zen Kaku Gothic New` before falling
+back to a body face.
+
+Pixel text is a TUI raster-font concern, not a GUI webfont substitution. A TUI
+lowerer that claims Japanese pixel typography must expose fixed-cell raster
+atlases for display, body, and small scales, with Latin and hiragana supported
+and katakana supported inside each advertised cell size.
+
 ## What CultUI Takes From CSS
 
 Keep:
@@ -374,6 +386,9 @@ Each runtime needs one style lowerer:
 Runtime lowerers must report capability gaps. If Android cannot yet render
 Repixelizer's pixel-art image preview or cleanup canvas, the surface should say
 that plainly instead of faking a control that cannot carry the command.
+If a lowering target cannot load the declared Japanese-capable display fonts or
+TUI raster atlases, it must report that typography capability gap rather than
+silently rendering hiragana with tofu or an unrelated default face.
 
 ### Parity Unit Boundary
 
diff --git a/docs/eve-face.md b/docs/eve-persona.md
similarity index 94%
rename from docs/eve-face.md
rename to docs/eve-persona.md
index 42cbe19..d59b211 100644
--- a/docs/eve-face.md
+++ b/docs/eve-persona.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Eve Face Memory
+# Eve Persona Memory
 
-This is the human-readable persistent memory surface for Eve's repo Face. The
-typed `.voidbot/state/eve.cc` file remains the live Face-state authority; this
+This is the human-readable persistent memory surface for Eve's repo Persona. The
+typed `.voidbot/state/eve.cc` file remains the live Persona-state authority; this
 document is the stable re-entry map that belongs in the repo body.
 
 ## Mission
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ CultLib/CultMesh is Eve's substrate. If the substrate cannot expose field-level
 reactivity, authority, prediction, and reconciliation, Eve's magic becomes a
 gesture instead of a machine.
 
-VoidBot and repo Faces are Eve's social field. Eve surfaces should let their
-state become legible without flattening each Face into one central dashboard
+VoidBot and repo Personas are Eve's social field. Eve surfaces should let their
+state become legible without flattening each Persona into one central dashboard
 voice.
 
 ## Current Doctrine
diff --git a/docs/surface-contract-v1.md b/docs/surface-contract-v1.md
index b8fd0c2..77a6f40 100644
--- a/docs/surface-contract-v1.md
+++ b/docs/surface-contract-v1.md
@@ -247,9 +247,29 @@ Minimum common tokens:
 - `radiusPanel`
 - `fontBody`
 - `fontTitle`
+- `fontDisplay`
 - `pixelArt`
 - `motion`
 
+Typography tokens describe roles, not one runtime's installed fonts. `fontBody`
+should favor `M PLUS 1` and `Ubuntu Sans`/Ubuntu for GUI lowerers. `fontDisplay`
+and `fontTitle` may use Montserrat for Latin text, but must include a
+Japanese-capable contemporary display fallback such as `Zen Kaku Gothic New`;
+Ubuntu remains the body voice, not the flashy title answer.
+
+TUI pixel typography is a separate lowering capability, not a GUI webfont
+fallback. A TUI lowerer that claims Japanese pixel support must expose fixed
+raster-cell fonts for each advertised scale, with Latin, hiragana, and katakana
+in the same cell grid. The expected capability roles are:
+
+- `tuiPixelDisplay`: large raster display labels, roughly 16px or larger.
+- `tuiPixelBody`: readable dense raster text, roughly 12px.
+- `tuiPixelSmall`: the smallest readable kana lane, roughly 10px.
+
+If a TUI target lacks a Unicode raster atlas for one of those scales, it should
+publish a capability gap instead of silently falling back to tofu, proportional
+Japanese text, or a Latin-only console font.
+
 Product surfaces may add scoped token groups such as:
 
 - `streamPixels.characterPreview`
diff --git a/web/fixtures/repixelizer.eve-surface.json b/web/fixtures/repixelizer.eve-surface.json
index 2326191..e5b304b 100644
--- a/web/fixtures/repixelizer.eve-surface.json
+++ b/web/fixtures/repixelizer.eve-surface.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         "node-bound command taps"
       ],
       "losesUntilRendererParity": [
-        "Press Start 2P and VT323 font selection",
+        "GUI display/body font selection plus TUI Latin/kana raster font scale selection",
         "Repixelizer shell frame, scanlines, pixel grid, corner accents, and chunky border widths",
         "landing/app image assets; current Android lowerer prints asset refs when images are not explicitly implemented",
         "upload picker, comparison canvas, pan/zoom inspection, eyedropper, and paint controls",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       ],
       "minimumParityCuts": [
         "map surface.styles.tokens before toneColor/textColorFor/textSizeFor",
-        "add packaged pixel fonts or font download cache",
+        "add packaged GUI fonts plus TUI raster atlas cache",
         "render image assetUri/assetRef as ImageView with pixelated sampling",
         "lower command controls to Android upload/document picker and job route calls"
       ],
@@ -1200,14 +1200,14 @@
     "styles": {
       "assets": {
         "appUrl": "https://repixelizer.gamecult.org/app/",
-        "fontCss": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Press+Start+2P&family=VT323&display=swap",
+        "fontCss": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=M+PLUS+1:wght@300;400;500;700&family=Montserrat:wght@100;300;400;500;700&family=Ubuntu+Sans:wght@300;400;500;700&family=Zen+Kaku+Gothic+New:wght@300;400;500;700&display=swap",
         "landingInput": "https://repixelizer.gamecult.org/app/landing-assets/character-input.png",
         "landingOutput": "https://repixelizer.gamecult.org/app/landing-assets/character-repixelized.png"
       },
       "loweringHints": {
-        "android-native": "Load packaged or downloadable Press Start 2P and VT323 fonts, map style tokens before hard-coded tones, and render asset images instead of asset labels.",
+        "android-native": "Load packaged or downloadable Montserrat, Zen Kaku Gothic New, M PLUS 1, and Ubuntu Sans fonts, map style tokens before hard-coded tones, and render asset images instead of asset labels.",
         "css": "Use the tokens as CSS custom properties and retain scanline/pixel-grid overlays.",
-        "tui": "Preserve title/body font distinction as role metadata; canvas editing lowers to artifact refs and command intents only."
+        "tui": "Use fixed-cell raster atlases for tuiPixelDisplay/body/small; each advertised size must support Latin, hiragana, and katakana in the same cell grid."
       },
       "profile": "repixelizer.retro.pixel",
       "tokens": {
@@ -1233,17 +1233,21 @@
         "colorTextBright": "#f7efd8",
         "cornerAccentPx": 12,
         "dashedInnerFrame": true,
-        "fontBody": "\"VT323\", \"Courier New\", monospace",
-        "fontMono": "\"VT323\", \"Courier New\", monospace",
-        "fontTitle": "\"Press Start 2P\", \"VT323\", monospace",
+        "fontBody": "\"M PLUS 1\", \"Ubuntu Sans\", Ubuntu, sans-serif",
+        "fontDisplay": "\"Montserrat\", \"Zen Kaku Gothic New\", \"M PLUS 1\", sans-serif",
+        "fontMono": "\"Ubuntu Sans Mono\", \"M PLUS 1 Code\", \"Cascadia Mono\", monospace",
+        "fontTitle": "\"Montserrat\", \"Zen Kaku Gothic New\", \"M PLUS 1\", sans-serif",
         "imageRendering": "pixelated",
-        "scanlineOverlay": true
+        "scanlineOverlay": true,
+        "tuiPixelBody": "fixed-cell-raster-latin-kana-12",
+        "tuiPixelDisplay": "fixed-cell-raster-latin-kana-16",
+        "tuiPixelSmall": "fixed-cell-raster-latin-kana-10"
       }
     },
     "title": "Repixelizer"
   },
   "title": "Repixelizer",
   "type": "surface-state",
-  "updatedAt": "2026-06-05T00:00:00Z",
+  "updatedAt": "2026-06-04T00:00:00Z",
   "version": 1
 }
diff --git a/web/styles.css b/web/styles.css
index 79f8b6c..44699e9 100644
--- a/web/styles.css
+++ b/web/styles.css
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=M+PLUS+1:wght@100;300;400;500;700&family=Montserrat:wght@100;300;400;500;700&family=Ubuntu+Sans:wght@300;400;500;700&family=Zen+Kaku+Gothic+New:wght@300;400;500;700&display=swap");
+
 :root {
   color-scheme: dark;
   --bg: #020909;
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@
   --border-width: 1px;
   --border-bottom-width: var(--border-width);
   --corner-accent-size: 0;
-  --font-mono: "Cascadia Mono", Consolas, monospace;
+  --font-body: "M PLUS 1", "Ubuntu Sans", Ubuntu, "Noto Sans JP", system-ui, sans-serif;
+  --font-title: "Montserrat", "Zen Kaku Gothic New", "M PLUS 1", "Ubuntu Sans", system-ui, sans-serif;
+  --font-mono: "Ubuntu Sans Mono", "M PLUS 1 Code", "Cascadia Mono", Consolas, monospace;
 }
 
 * {
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ body {
   min-height: 100vh;
   background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--bg-top), var(--bg-mid), var(--bg-bottom));
   color: var(--text);
-  font-family: var(--font-body, Inter), "Segoe UI", system-ui, sans-serif;
+  font-family: var(--font-body);
 }
 
 .topbar {
@@ -432,7 +436,7 @@ body[data-pixel-art="true"] .cultui-background {
 
 .cultui-title {
   color: var(--accent);
-  font: 700 16px "Cascadia Mono", Consolas, monospace;
+  font: 100 18px var(--font-title);
   line-height: 1.35;
 }
 
diff --git a/web/surface.js b/web/surface.js
index c5ca751..84a76ad 100644
--- a/web/surface.js
+++ b/web/surface.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ let socket;
 let providers = [];
 let currentProvider;
 let currentSurfaceStyles = {};
+let activeFontStylesheet;
 
 const defaultStyleTokens = {
   "--bg": "#020909",
@@ -35,9 +36,9 @@ const defaultStyleTokens = {
   "--border-width": "1px",
   "--border-bottom-width": "1px",
   "--corner-accent-size": "0",
-  "--font-body": "Inter, Segoe UI, system-ui, sans-serif",
-  "--font-title": "Cascadia Mono, Consolas, monospace",
-  "--font-mono": "Cascadia Mono, Consolas, monospace",
+  "--font-body": "\"M PLUS 1\", \"Ubuntu Sans\", Ubuntu, \"Noto Sans JP\", system-ui, sans-serif",
+  "--font-title": "\"Montserrat\", \"Zen Kaku Gothic New\", \"M PLUS 1\", \"Ubuntu Sans\", system-ui, sans-serif",
+  "--font-mono": "\"Ubuntu Sans Mono\", \"M PLUS 1 Code\", \"Cascadia Mono\", Consolas, monospace",
 };
 
 const localProviders = [
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ function renderSurface(state, source) {
 function applySurfaceStyles(styles) {
   const tokens = styles?.tokens || {};
   const root = document.documentElement.style;
+  loadFontStylesheet(styles?.assets?.fontCss);
   for (const [variable, value] of Object.entries(defaultStyleTokens)) {
     root.setProperty(variable, value);
   }
@@ -239,9 +241,10 @@ function applySurfaceStyles(styles) {
   for (const [token, variable] of Object.entries(map)) {
     if (tokens[token]) root.setProperty(variable, tokens[token]);
   }
-  if (tokens.fontBody) root.setProperty("--font-body", tokens.fontBody);
-  if (tokens.fontTitle) root.setProperty("--font-title", tokens.fontTitle);
-  if (tokens.fontMono) root.setProperty("--font-mono", tokens.fontMono);
+  if (tokens.fontBody) root.setProperty("--font-body", withJapaneseGuiFallback(tokens.fontBody));
+  if (tokens.fontDisplay) root.setProperty("--font-title", withJapaneseGuiFallback(tokens.fontDisplay));
+  if (tokens.fontTitle) root.setProperty("--font-title", withJapaneseGuiFallback(tokens.fontTitle));
+  if (tokens.fontMono) root.setProperty("--font-mono", withJapaneseGuiFallback(tokens.fontMono));
   if (tokens.borderWidthPx) root.setProperty("--border-width", `${tokens.borderWidthPx}px`);
   if (tokens.borderBottomWidthPx) root.setProperty("--border-bottom-width", `${tokens.borderBottomWidthPx}px`);
   if (tokens.cornerAccentPx) root.setProperty("--corner-accent-size", `${tokens.cornerAccentPx}px`);
@@ -249,6 +252,31 @@ function applySurfaceStyles(styles) {
   document.body.dataset.scanlines = tokens.scanlineOverlay ? "true" : "false";
 }
 
+function loadFontStylesheet(href) {
+  const normalized = typeof href === "string" ? href.trim() : "";
+  if (activeFontStylesheet?.dataset.href === normalized) return;
+  activeFontStylesheet?.remove();
+  activeFontStylesheet = undefined;
+  if (!normalized) return;
+  const link = document.createElement("link");
+  link.rel = "stylesheet";
+  link.href = normalized;
+  link.dataset.href = normalized;
+  document.head.append(link);
+  activeFontStylesheet = link;
+}
+
+function withJapaneseGuiFallback(stack) {
+  if (typeof stack !== "string" || stack.includes("Zen Kaku Gothic New") || stack.includes("M PLUS 1")) return stack;
+  if (stack.includes("Montserrat")) {
+    return `${stack}, "Zen Kaku Gothic New", "M PLUS 1", "Noto Sans JP", "Hiragino Sans", "Yu Gothic", sans-serif`;
+  }
+  if (stack.includes("Ubuntu")) {
+    return `${stack}, "M PLUS 1", "Noto Sans JP", "Hiragino Sans", "Yu Gothic", sans-serif`;
+  }
+  return `${stack}, "Noto Sans JP", "Hiragino Sans", "Yu Gothic", sans-serif`;
+}
+
 function renderCultComponent(node) {
   const kind = node.kind || "panel";
   const props = node.props || {};