diff --git a/shell/Commons/Style.qml b/shell/Commons/Style.qml
index 95af0b71..3e18b8c2 100644
--- a/shell/Commons/Style.qml
+++ b/shell/Commons/Style.qml
@@ -268,9 +268,19 @@ QtObject {
     return (isFinite(n) && n > 0) ? Math.round(n) : fallback
   }
 
+  // The launcher, menu, polkit, emojis, and clipboard surfaces honor an
+  // OMARCHY_MENU_FONT override for users who want a different family on the
+  // summoned popups than on the bar. Resolved once at startup; an empty env
+  // value falls back to the shared fontconfig alias.
+  readonly property string menuFontFamily: {
+    var override = Quickshell.env("OMARCHY_MENU_FONT")
+    return (override && override.length > 0) ? override : fontFamily
+  }
+
   readonly property QtObject font: QtObject {
     readonly property string family: root.fontFamily
     readonly property string resolvedFamily: root.resolvedFontFamily
+    readonly property string menuFamily: root.menuFontFamily
     readonly property int baseSize: root.fontBaseSize
 
     readonly property int caption:      root.fontToken("caption",       root.fontPx(0.833))   // 10
diff --git a/shell/plugins/clipboard/Clipboard.qml b/shell/plugins/clipboard/Clipboard.qml
index 7cdcdb9e..0ad52d66 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/clipboard/Clipboard.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/clipboard/Clipboard.qml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Item {
   property color selectedText: Color.menu.selectedText
   property color selectedBorder: Color.menu.selectedBorder
   readonly property int cornerRadius: Style.cornerRadius
-  property string fontFamily: Quickshell.env("OMARCHY_MENU_FONT") || "monospace"
+  property string fontFamily: Style.font.menuFamily
   property int contentMargin: Style.spacing.panelPadding
   property int headerHeight: Math.max(Style.space(34), Style.font.title + Style.spacing.controlPaddingY * 2)
   property int contentSpacing: Style.spacing.md
diff --git a/shell/plugins/emojis/Emojis.qml b/shell/plugins/emojis/Emojis.qml
index 87cf350a..24269fba 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/emojis/Emojis.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/emojis/Emojis.qml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Item {
   property color selectedText: Color.menu.selectedText
   property color selectedBorder: Color.menu.selectedBorder
   readonly property int cornerRadius: Style.cornerRadius
-  property string fontFamily: Quickshell.env("OMARCHY_MENU_FONT") || "monospace"
+  property string fontFamily: Style.font.menuFamily
   property int contentMargin: Style.spacing.panelPadding
   property int headerHeight: Math.max(Style.space(34), Style.font.title + Style.spacing.controlPaddingY * 2)
   property int contentSpacing: Style.spacing.md
diff --git a/shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml b/shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml
index 4bd1a54f..a00f9e85 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Item {
   property color selectedBackground: Color.launcher.selectedBackground
   property color selectedText: Color.launcher.selectedText
   property color selectedBorder: Color.launcher.selectedBorder
-  property string fontFamily: Quickshell.env("OMARCHY_MENU_FONT") || "monospace"
+  property string fontFamily: Style.font.menuFamily
 
   property int cardWidth: 644
   property int cardHeight: 400
diff --git a/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml b/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
index 63605302..5bfae265 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Item {
     root.cancel()
   }
 
-  property string fontFamily: Quickshell.env("OMARCHY_MENU_FONT") || "monospace"
+  property string fontFamily: Style.font.menuFamily
   // JSONC menu definitions. The shell parses both at startup and merges
   // the user file on top of the defaults, so the keybind → IPC → visible
   // path doesn't have to shell out to bash + jq on every open.
diff --git a/shell/plugins/polkit/PolkitAgent.qml b/shell/plugins/polkit/PolkitAgent.qml
index 94e4215c..a1a62edf 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/polkit/PolkitAgent.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/polkit/PolkitAgent.qml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import qs.Commons
 Item {
   id: root
 
-  property string fontFamily: Quickshell.env("OMARCHY_MENU_FONT") || "monospace"
+  property string fontFamily: Style.font.menuFamily
   // Bound to the central [polkit] section in shell.toml via Color.qml.
   property color accent: Color.polkit.accent
   property color background: Color.polkit.background