diff --git a/packages/examples/src/examples/ui/ExampleUI.tsx b/packages/examples/src/examples/ui/ExampleUI.tsx
index d6c8c132b..480263259 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/examples/ui/ExampleUI.tsx
+++ b/packages/examples/src/examples/ui/ExampleUI.tsx
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ const createGame = () => {
 		{
 			name: "kenpixel",
 			type: "fontface",
-			src: `url(${base}font/kenvector_future.woff2)`,
+			src: `${base}font/kenvector_future.woff2`,
 		},
 	];
 
diff --git a/packages/melonjs/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/melonjs/CHANGELOG.md
index 93a0e9042..a2fa336f3 100644
--- a/packages/melonjs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/melonjs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## [18.1.0] (melonJS 2)
 
 ### Added
+- Loader: fontface assets now support `baseURL` — font paths are resolved consistently with other asset types
 - TextureAtlas: new `getAnimationSettings()` method for extending Sprite with texture atlas animations
 - TMX: automatically decompose concave collision polygons into convex triangles using earcut triangulation, instead of throwing an error
 - Ellipse: add rotation and matrix transform support (#583, #771)
diff --git a/packages/melonjs/src/loader/loader.js b/packages/melonjs/src/loader/loader.js
index 1b9c89974..e7ec7973a 100644
--- a/packages/melonjs/src/loader/loader.js
+++ b/packages/melonjs/src/loader/loader.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export function setOptions(options) {
  * @name setBaseURL
  * @memberof loader
  * @public
- * @param {string} type  - "*", "audio", "video", "binary", "image", "json", "js", "tmx", "tsx"
+ * @param {string} type  - "*", "audio", "video", "binary", "image", "json", "js", "tmx", "tsx", "fontface"
  * @param {string} [url="./"] - default base URL
  * @example
  * // change the base URL relative address for audio assets
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ export function setBaseURL(type, url = "./") {
 		baseURL["js"] = url;
 		baseURL["tmx"] = url;
 		baseURL["tsx"] = url;
-		// XXX ?
-		//baseURL["fontface"] = url;
+		baseURL["fontface"] = url;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ function onLoadingError(res) {
  *   // JavaScript file
  *   {name: "plugin", type: "js", src: "data/js/plugin.js"}
  *   // Font Face
- *   { name: "'kenpixel'", type: "fontface",  src: "url('data/font/kenvector_future.woff2')" }
+ *   { name: "'kenpixel'", type: "fontface",  src: "data/font/kenvector_future.woff2" }
  *   // video resources
  *   {name: "intro", type: "video",  src: "data/video/"}
  */
@@ -385,7 +384,7 @@ export function setParser(type, parserFn) {
  *   // JavaScript file
  *   {name: "plugin", type: "js", src: "data/js/plugin.js"},
  *   // Font Face
- *   {name: "'kenpixel'", type: "fontface",  src: "url('data/font/kenvector_future.woff2')"},
+ *   {name: "'kenpixel'", type: "fontface",  src: "data/font/kenvector_future.woff2"},
  *   // video resources
  *   {name: "intro", type: "video",  src: "data/video/"},
  *   // base64 encoded video asset
@@ -514,8 +513,21 @@ export function load(asset, onload, onerror) {
 		initParsers();
 	}
 
-	// transform the url if necessary
-	if (typeof baseURL[asset.type] !== "undefined") {
+	// strip url() wrapper for fontface assets so baseURL can be prepended to the raw path
+	if (asset.type === "fontface" && typeof asset.src === "string") {
+		const urlMatch = asset.src.match(/^url\(\s*['"]?(.*?)['"]?\s*\)$/);
+		if (urlMatch) {
+			asset.src = urlMatch[1];
+		}
+	}
+
+	// transform the url if necessary (skip for local() font sources and data URIs)
+	if (
+		typeof baseURL[asset.type] !== "undefined" &&
+		typeof asset.src === "string" &&
+		!asset.src.startsWith("local(") &&
+		!asset.src.startsWith("data:")
+	) {
 		asset.src = baseURL[asset.type] + asset.src;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/melonjs/src/loader/parsers/fontface.js b/packages/melonjs/src/loader/parsers/fontface.js
index 4284ec08e..8b554375f 100644
--- a/packages/melonjs/src/loader/parsers/fontface.js
+++ b/packages/melonjs/src/loader/parsers/fontface.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { isDataUrl } from "../../utils/string.ts";
 import { fontList } from "../cache.js";
 
 /**
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import { fontList } from "../cache.js";
  * @ignore
  * @example
  * preloadFontFace(
- *     name: "'kenpixel'", type: "fontface",  src: "url('data/font/kenvector_future.woff2')"
+ *     name: "'kenpixel'", type: "fontface",  src: "data/font/kenvector_future.woff2"
  * ]);
  */
 export function preloadFontFace(data, onload, onerror) {
@@ -19,11 +18,10 @@ export function preloadFontFace(data, onload, onerror) {
 			? globalThis.document.fonts
 			: undefined;
 
-	if (isDataUrl(data.src) === true) {
-		// make sure it in the `url(data:[<mediatype>][;base64],<data>)` format as expected by FontFace
-		if (!data.src.startsWith("url(")) {
-			data.src = "url(" + data.src + ")";
-		}
+	// FontFace constructor expects src in `url(...)` or `local()` format
+	// only wrap plain paths in url(); leave url(), local(), and data URIs as-is
+	if (!data.src.startsWith("url(") && !data.src.startsWith("local(")) {
+		data.src = "url(" + data.src + ")";
 	}
 
 	if (typeof fontFaceSet !== "undefined") {
diff --git a/packages/melonjs/tests/loader.spec.js b/packages/melonjs/tests/loader.spec.js
index 119f82ef1..b6a17c1a7 100644
--- a/packages/melonjs/tests/loader.spec.js
+++ b/packages/melonjs/tests/loader.spec.js
@@ -264,11 +264,71 @@ describe("loader", () => {
 		expect(loader.baseURL["json"]).toBe("https://cdn.example.com/");
 		expect(loader.baseURL["binary"]).toBe("https://cdn.example.com/");
 		expect(loader.baseURL["tmx"]).toBe("https://cdn.example.com/");
+		expect(loader.baseURL["fontface"]).toBe("https://cdn.example.com/");
 
 		// reset
 		loader.setBaseURL("*", "./");
 	});
 
+	it("should strip url() wrapper from fontface src before applying baseURL", () => {
+		loader.setBaseURL("fontface", "assets/");
+		const receivedSrc = [];
+
+		// stub fontface parser to capture the resolved src
+		loader.setParser("fontface", (data, onload) => {
+			receivedSrc.push(data.src);
+			if (typeof onload === "function") {
+				onload();
+			}
+			return 1;
+		});
+
+		// plain path
+		loader.load(
+			{ name: "font1", type: "fontface", src: "font/test.woff2" },
+			() => {},
+		);
+		// url() wrapped
+		loader.load(
+			{ name: "font2", type: "fontface", src: "url(font/test.woff2)" },
+			() => {},
+		);
+		// url() with quotes
+		loader.load(
+			{ name: "font3", type: "fontface", src: "url('font/test.woff2')" },
+			() => {},
+		);
+
+		// all should resolve to the same baseURL + path
+		expect(receivedSrc[0]).toBe("assets/font/test.woff2");
+		expect(receivedSrc[1]).toBe("assets/font/test.woff2");
+		expect(receivedSrc[2]).toBe("assets/font/test.woff2");
+
+		// reset
+		loader.setBaseURL("fontface", "./");
+	});
+
+	it("should not strip local() wrapper from fontface src", () => {
+		// reset baseURL so it doesn't interfere
+		loader.setBaseURL("fontface", "./");
+		const receivedSrc = [];
+
+		loader.setParser("fontface", (data, onload) => {
+			receivedSrc.push(data.src);
+			if (typeof onload === "function") {
+				onload();
+			}
+			return 1;
+		});
+
+		loader.load(
+			{ name: "font4", type: "fontface", src: "local('My Font')" },
+			() => {},
+		);
+
+		expect(receivedSrc[0]).toBe("local('My Font')");
+	});
+
 	it("should configure loader options", () => {
 		loader.setOptions({
 			crossOrigin: "use-credentials",