diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2fba417a..ee3a8b48a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Avoid recursive desktop HTTP proxy requests when font downloads intercept Tauri IPC traffic.
 - Keep FIT image fills proportional, centered, and fully visible without stretching or cropped edges.
 - Preserve edited instance text, including cleared labels, when saving and reopening `.fig` files.
 - Honor `.pen` frame layout defaults and sizing and padding shorthands so imported auto-layout frames keep their computed dimensions and child positions. (#564)
diff --git a/src/app/tauri/http.ts b/src/app/tauri/http.ts
index 29fefb760..f86015aaa 100644
--- a/src/app/tauri/http.ts
+++ b/src/app/tauri/http.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,20 @@ export function withAbortSignal<T>(promise: Promise<T>, signal: AbortSignal): Pr
 export interface TauriFetchOptions {
   timeoutMs?: number
   maxResponseBytes?: number
+  nativeFetch?: FetchFunction
 }
 
+const nativeFetch: typeof fetch = globalThis.fetch.bind(globalThis)
+
 export function createTauriFetch(options: TauriFetchOptions = {}): FetchFunction {
-  return (input, init) => tauriFetch(input, init, options.maxResponseBytes, options.timeoutMs)
+  return (input, init) =>
+    executeTauriFetch(
+      options.nativeFetch ?? nativeFetch,
+      input,
+      init,
+      options.maxResponseBytes,
+      options.timeoutMs
+    )
 }
 
 export async function tauriFetch(
@@ -84,15 +94,44 @@ export async function tauriFetch(
   maxResponseBytes?: number,
   timeoutMs?: number
 ): Promise<Response> {
+  return executeTauriFetch(nativeFetch, input, init, maxResponseBytes, timeoutMs)
+}
+
+async function executeTauriFetch(
+  fetcher: FetchFunction,
+  input: RequestInfo | URL,
+  init?: RequestInit,
+  maxResponseBytes?: number,
+  timeoutMs?: number
+): Promise<Response> {
+  const parsedURL = new URL(input instanceof Request ? input.url : input.toString())
+  const isIpcURL =
+    parsedURL.protocol === 'ipc:' ||
+    ((parsedURL.protocol === 'http:' || parsedURL.protocol === 'https:') &&
+      parsedURL.hostname === 'ipc.localhost')
+  if (isIpcURL) {
+    return fetcher(input, init)
+  }
+
   const request = new Request(input, init)
   request.signal.throwIfAborted()
   const { invoke } = await import('@tauri-apps/api/core')
   request.signal.throwIfAborted()
+
+  // Capture generated multipart headers before consuming the Request body.
+  const headers = headersToProxyHeaders(request.headers)
+  let bodyData: Uint8Array | undefined
+  if (request.body != null) {
+    const buffer = await request.arrayBuffer()
+    request.signal.throwIfAborted()
+    bodyData = new Uint8Array(buffer)
+  }
+
   const payload: ProxyHttpRequest = {
     url: request.url,
     method: request.method,
-    headers: headersToProxyHeaders(request.headers),
-    body: request.body == null ? undefined : [...new Uint8Array(await request.arrayBuffer())],
+    headers,
+    body: bodyData ? Array.from(bodyData) : undefined,
     max_response_bytes: maxResponseBytes,
     follow_redirects: request.redirect === 'follow',
     timeout_ms: timeoutMs
diff --git a/tests/engine/tauri/http.test.ts b/tests/engine/tauri/http.test.ts
index 453d9035b..c68232fee 100644
--- a/tests/engine/tauri/http.test.ts
+++ b/tests/engine/tauri/http.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,44 @@ afterEach(async () => {
 })
 
 describe('tauriFetch', () => {
+  test('routes IPC through the captured native fetch without invoking the HTTP proxy', async () => {
+    await mockTauriIPC(() => {
+      throw new Error('IPC recursively entered the HTTP proxy')
+    })
+    const inputs = [
+      'ipc://localhost/plugin%3Ahttp%7Cfetch',
+      'http://ipc.localhost/plugin%3Ahttp%7Cfetch',
+      new URL('https://ipc.localhost/plugin%3Ahttp%7Cfetch'),
+      new Request('http://ipc.localhost/plugin%3Ahttp%7Cfetch')
+    ]
+    const received: Array<RequestInfo | URL> = []
+    const fetcher = createTauriFetch({
+      nativeFetch: async (input) => {
+        received.push(input)
+        return new Response('native IPC')
+      }
+    })
+    for (const input of inputs) expect(await (await fetcher(input)).text()).toBe('native IPC')
+    expect(received).toEqual(inputs)
+  })
+
+  test('does not bypass HTTP proxy for URLs merely containing the IPC hostname', async () => {
+    const received: string[] = []
+    await mockTauriIPC((command, args) => {
+      expect(command).toBe('proxy_http_request')
+      received.push((args as InvokeArgs).request.url)
+      return { status: 204, headers: [], body: [] }
+    })
+    const fetcher = createTauriFetch({
+      nativeFetch: async () => {
+        throw new Error('External URL bypassed the HTTP proxy')
+      }
+    })
+    const urls = ['https://ipc.localhost.example.test/', 'https://example.test/ipc.localhost']
+    for (const url of urls) await fetcher(url)
+    expect(received).toEqual(urls)
+  })
+
   test('passes request timeout metadata to the desktop HTTP command', async () => {
     let captured: InvokeArgs | null = null
     await mockTauriIPC((command, args) => {
@@ -72,6 +110,18 @@ describe('tauriFetch', () => {
     expect(captured.request.body).toEqual([...new TextEncoder().encode('{"ok":true}')])
   })
 
+  test('accepts URL objects without treating them as Requests', async () => {
+    let captured: InvokeArgs | null = null
+    await mockTauriIPC((command, args) => {
+      expect(command).toBe('proxy_http_request')
+      captured = args as InvokeArgs
+      return { status: 204, headers: [], body: [] }
+    })
+    await tauriFetch(new URL('https://example.test/url-object'))
+    if (!captured) throw new Error('Expected proxy_http_request to be invoked')
+    expect(captured.request.url).toBe('https://example.test/url-object')
+  })
+
   test('forwards bodies from Request inputs', async () => {
     let captured: InvokeArgs | null = null
     await mockTauriIPC((command, args) => {