diff --git a/themes/boreal/waybar.css b/themes/boreal/waybar.css
index e89b764..8a0b8fa 100644
--- a/themes/boreal/waybar.css
+++ b/themes/boreal/waybar.css
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
    Arrows/checks are CSS-sized nodes — min-height 0 makes them invisible;
    separators die the same way; the bar's mono face reads wrong in text
    menus. */
-menu { font-family: "Inter", sans-serif; }
+menu, menu * { font-family: "Inter", sans-serif; }
 menu menuitem arrow { min-width: 16px; min-height: 16px; }
 menu check, menu radio { min-width: 14px; min-height: 14px; }
 menu separator {
diff --git a/themes/executive-slate/waybar.css b/themes/executive-slate/waybar.css
index bb28c5f..8942b91 100644
--- a/themes/executive-slate/waybar.css
+++ b/themes/executive-slate/waybar.css
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
    Arrows/checks are CSS-sized nodes — min-height 0 makes them invisible;
    separators die the same way; the glyph-first face reads wrong in text
    menus. */
-menu { font-family: "Inter", sans-serif; }
+menu, menu * { font-family: "Inter", sans-serif; }
 menu menuitem arrow { min-width: 16px; min-height: 16px; }
 menu check, menu radio { min-width: 14px; min-height: 14px; }
 menu separator {