diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41ba9bee0..a55642c7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -292,6 +292,15 @@ of current runtime behavior, see [`docs/CURRENT-STATE.md`](docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
 
 
 ### Changed
+
+- The interface asks Google Fonts for only the icon glyphs it draws, instead of
+  the whole variable icon font, and no longer requests a second icon family that
+  nothing renders. A check fails when a source names a glyph the request is
+  missing, because an absent glyph does not draw a placeholder — the element
+  renders the glyph's name as text. The check reads the panel templates as well
+  as the scripts, and reads glyph names written as literals, so a glyph chosen
+  through a variable has to be added to the request by hand. Contributed by
+  mml-studio (#239).
 - Separate explicit browser build settings from standalone environment loading
   and local provider middleware. Preserve provider behavior and root named exports.
 - Rename standalone browser startup to `src/standalone/` and add a Node-only
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 4ab989de7..2e630c4a8 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />
   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@300;400;500;600;700&family=Inter:wght@300;400;500;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />
-  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Material+Symbols+Outlined:opsz,wght,FILL,GRAD@20,400,0,0" rel="stylesheet" />
-  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons+Round" rel="stylesheet" />
+  <!-- Icon font subset to the glyphs this app renders. Keep `icon_names` in sync
+       with the sources: src/materialSymbolsSubset.test.mjs fails when a source
+       names a glyph this list is missing, because a missing glyph does not draw
+       a box — the ligature never forms and the element renders the literal word. -->
+  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Material+Symbols+Outlined:opsz,wght,FILL,GRAD@20,400,0,0&icon_names=adjust,arrow_drop_down,arrow_forward,arrow_left,arrow_right,bolt,chevron_left,chevron_right,close,close_fullscreen,dark_mode,draw,east,flare,flight,layers_clear,light_mode,local_fire_department,my_location,navigation,normal,on,open_in_full,public,radar,radio,right_panel_close,right_panel_open,rocket_launch,skip_next,skip_previous,view_in_ar" rel="stylesheet" />
 </head>
 <body>
   <!-- gev:template scene-chrome -->
diff --git a/scripts/format-scope.json b/scripts/format-scope.json
index 41dfb629b..7c192c15e 100644
--- a/scripts/format-scope.json
+++ b/scripts/format-scope.json
@@ -614,5 +614,6 @@
   "src/layers/vessels/ingestion.test.mjs",
   "src/cityPresets.test.mjs",
   "server/providers/cctv/range.js",
-  "src/data/cctvMediaRange.test.mjs"
+  "src/data/cctvMediaRange.test.mjs",
+  "src/materialSymbolsSubset.test.mjs"
 ]
diff --git a/src/materialSymbolsSubset.test.mjs b/src/materialSymbolsSubset.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec9ffe2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/materialSymbolsSubset.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { readFileSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const SRC_ROOT = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const REPO_ROOT = path.resolve(SRC_ROOT, '..');
+const INDEX_HTML = path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'index.html');
+
+/** The glyph written as element text: `<span class="material-symbols-outlined">radar</span>`. */
+const SPAN_TEXT =
+  /class="[^"]*material-symbols-outlined[^"]*"[^>]*>\s*([a-z0-9_]+)\s*</g;
+/** A whole `textContent =` statement, across lines, so a multi-line ternary is read once. */
+const TEXT_ASSIGNMENT = /(?:textContent|innerText)\s*=\s*([^;]{0,400})/gs;
+const STRING_LITERAL = /['"`]([a-z0-9_]{2,})['"`]/g;
+
+/**
+ * Files that SHIP markup. Tests assert on markup, they do not render it.
+ *
+ * The panel markup lives in `src/ui/templates/*.html`, so HTML under `src` is
+ * read as well: a glyph named only in a template is still a glyph the font has
+ * to carry.
+ */
+function sourceFiles(directory = SRC_ROOT) {
+  const files = [];
+  for (const entry of readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    const absolute = path.join(directory, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) files.push(...sourceFiles(absolute));
+    else if (
+      entry.isFile() &&
+      /\.(js|mjs|html)$/.test(entry.name) &&
+      !entry.name.endsWith('.test.mjs')
+    ) {
+      files.push(absolute);
+    }
+  }
+  return [...files.sort(), INDEX_HTML];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Glyph names the sources ask the icon font for.
+ *
+ * Errs WIDE on purpose. A name the font does not carry costs nothing — Google
+ * ignores an unknown `icon_names` entry and still returns 200 — while a glyph
+ * the subset is missing breaks the interface SILENTLY: the ligature never
+ * forms, so the element renders the literal word `right_panel_open` instead of
+ * falling back to a visible box.
+ *
+ * A literal to the LEFT of a `?` is the condition being tested, not the text
+ * being shown, so it is dropped: `status === 'loading' ? …` must not enrol
+ * `loading`. Optional chaining is neutralised first — `payload?.newsStatus`
+ * is not a ternary, and splitting on its `?` would keep the condition.
+ * @returns {Map<string, string>} glyph -> the first file that names it.
+ */
+function referencedGlyphs() {
+  const found = new Map();
+  for (const file of sourceFiles()) {
+    const source = readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+    const relative = path.relative(REPO_ROOT, file).split(path.sep).join('/');
+    const add = (glyph) => {
+      if (!found.has(glyph)) found.set(glyph, relative);
+    };
+    for (const match of source.matchAll(SPAN_TEXT)) add(match[1]);
+    for (const match of source.matchAll(TEXT_ASSIGNMENT)) {
+      const statement = match[1].replaceAll('?.', '.');
+      const assigned = statement.includes('?')
+        ? statement.slice(statement.indexOf('?') + 1)
+        : statement;
+      for (const literal of assigned.matchAll(STRING_LITERAL)) add(literal[1]);
+    }
+  }
+  return found;
+}
+
+/** The `icon_names` list index.html asks Google for. */
+function subsettedGlyphs(html = readFileSync(INDEX_HTML, 'utf8')) {
+  const match =
+    /Material\+Symbols\+Outlined[^"]*[?&]icon_names=([a-z0-9_,]+)/.exec(html);
+  assert.ok(
+    match,
+    'index.html must request Material Symbols with an icon_names subset',
+  );
+  return new Set(match[1].split(','));
+}
+
+test('every glyph the sources render is in the icon_names subset', () => {
+  const subset = subsettedGlyphs();
+  const missing = [...referencedGlyphs()]
+    .filter(([glyph]) => !subset.has(glyph))
+    .map(([glyph, file]) => `${glyph} (${file})`);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    missing,
+    [],
+    'Glyphs named by the sources but absent from the index.html icon_names list. ' +
+      'Add them there — an unlisted glyph renders as its own name on screen: ' +
+      missing.join(', '),
+  );
+});
+
+test('the unused Material Icons Round family is not loaded', () => {
+  // A second icon font, 173 kB, for a family no source ever uses — and
+  // src/cockpitMarkup.test.mjs already asserts the markup must not use it.
+  const html = readFileSync(INDEX_HTML, 'utf8');
+  assert.doesNotMatch(
+    html,
+    /Material\+Icons\+Round/,
+    'index.html loads an icon font nothing renders',
+  );
+});