diff --git a/docs/specs/theme.md b/docs/specs/theme.md
index faef4daf..8da1dfb2 100644
--- a/docs/specs/theme.md
+++ b/docs/specs/theme.md
@@ -107,10 +107,21 @@ are still visible on `document.body`. ThemePicker also performs a browser
 layout-effect restore after mount so website hydration cannot leave the picker
 state saying a theme is active while xterm.js sees fallback colors.
 
-`theme.css` declares the theme-dependent `--color-*` tokens on `body` because
+`theme.css` declares the theme-dependent `--color-*` tokens — and the
+`--mt-font-size` / `--mt-font-family` typography tokens — on `body` because
 `--vscode-*` variables also live there. Keep the parallel `@theme`
-declarations so Tailwind can generate utility classes, but treat the body-level
-declarations as the runtime source of truth.
+declarations so Tailwind can generate utility classes, and the `:root`
+copies of the `--mt-*` font tokens, but treat the body-level declarations as
+the runtime source of truth. Every token whose value reads any `var()`
+chain — an indirect binding like
+`--color-door-bg: var(--color-header-inactive-bg)` counts, not just a direct
+`--vscode-*` read — must appear at both levels, with the same value: CSS
+resolves `var()` inside a custom-property declaration at the element where
+the property is declared, so a document-level declaration cannot see a
+variable `applyTheme()` wrote to `body.style`, and the token resolves to
+nothing in every host where `applyTheme()` is the sole writer (standalone,
+website, Pocket). `lib/src/lib/themes/consumed-keys.test.ts` pins the two
+lists together.
 Dynamic palette tokens (`--color-door-bg`, `--color-door-fg`,
 `--color-focus-ring`, and the four `--color-alarm-vs-*` tokens) also have
 body-level baseline bindings matching the `@theme` declarations, so direct
diff --git a/lib/src/lib/themes/consumed-keys.test.ts b/lib/src/lib/themes/consumed-keys.test.ts
index 0b4d1e9d..2fc933c9 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib/themes/consumed-keys.test.ts
+++ b/lib/src/lib/themes/consumed-keys.test.ts
@@ -31,3 +31,42 @@ describe('CONSUMED_VSCODE_KEYS / bundle-themes.mjs parity', () => {
     expect(extra).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
+
+// theme.css declares the same tokens twice: once above the body block (in
+// `@theme`, so Tailwind generates utility classes, or in `:root`) and once on
+// `body` (so they can actually see the --vscode-* variables applyTheme() writes
+// to body.style). CSS resolves var() inside a custom-property declaration at
+// the element where the property is declared, so a token whose value reads any
+// var() chain *only* above the body block resolves to nothing in every host
+// where applyTheme() is the sole writer — standalone, website, Pocket. The
+// check compares values, not just presence, so repointing one level's binding
+// without the other fails too. This pins the two lists together.
+describe('theme.css var() bindings are mirrored onto body', () => {
+  const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+  const themeCss = readFileSync(resolve(here, '../../theme.css'), 'utf8');
+
+  function declarations(block: string): Map<string, string> {
+    const out = new Map<string, string>();
+    for (const m of block.matchAll(/^\s*(--[\w-]+)\s*:\s*([^;]+);/gm)) out.set(m[1], m[2].trim());
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  function blockBody(pattern: RegExp): string {
+    const match = themeCss.match(pattern);
+    if (!match) throw new Error(`Could not locate ${pattern} in theme.css`);
+    return match[1];
+  }
+
+  const documentLevel = new Map([
+    ...declarations(blockBody(/@theme \{([\s\S]*?)\n\}/)),
+    ...declarations(blockBody(/\n:root \{([\s\S]*?)\n\}/)),
+  ]);
+  const bodyLevel = declarations(blockBody(/\nbody \{([\s\S]*?)\n\}/));
+
+  it('every document-level token bound to a var() chain is mirrored onto body', () => {
+    const missing = [...documentLevel]
+      .filter(([name, value]) => value.includes('var(') && bodyLevel.get(name) !== value)
+      .map(([name]) => name);
+    expect(missing).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/src/theme.css b/lib/src/theme.css
index bd5c9af8..03130688 100644
--- a/lib/src/theme.css
+++ b/lib/src/theme.css
@@ -97,11 +97,17 @@
 
 /* --- Body-level dynamic theme bindings ---
  *
- * These mirror the @theme block above but are declared on `body`. CSS resolves
- * var() inside a custom-property declaration at the element where the property
- * is declared, so body-level declarations can see --vscode-* variables that
- * applyTheme() writes to body.style. */
+ * These mirror the :root and @theme blocks above but are declared on `body`.
+ * CSS resolves var() inside a custom-property declaration at the element where
+ * the property is declared, so body-level declarations can see --vscode-*
+ * variables that applyTheme() writes to body.style. Every token above whose
+ * value reads any var() chain — indirect bindings like var(--color-door-bg)
+ * included, not just direct --vscode-* reads — must be repeated here with the
+ * same value, or it resolves to nothing in the hosts where applyTheme() is the
+ * only writer (standalone, website, Pocket); consumed-keys.test.ts pins the two
+ * lists together. */
 body {
+  --mt-font-size: var(--vscode-font-size);
   --mt-font-family: var(--vscode-editor-font-family);
   --font-sans: var(--vscode-editor-font-family);
   --font-mono: var(--vscode-editor-font-family);