diff --git a/com.stakwork.sphinx.desktop/Scenes/Dashboard/Chat/Collection View Items/New Chat View/Message Collection View Item/NewMessageCollectionViewItem+MessageTypesExtension.swift b/com.stakwork.sphinx.desktop/Scenes/Dashboard/Chat/Collection View Items/New Chat View/Message Collection View Item/NewMessageCollectionViewItem+MessageTypesExtension.swift
index 740d2c8c..1093cb2c 100644
--- a/com.stakwork.sphinx.desktop/Scenes/Dashboard/Chat/Collection View Items/New Chat View/Message Collection View Item/NewMessageCollectionViewItem+MessageTypesExtension.swift	
+++ b/com.stakwork.sphinx.desktop/Scenes/Dashboard/Chat/Collection View Items/New Chat View/Message Collection View Item/NewMessageCollectionViewItem+MessageTypesExtension.swift	
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ extension NewMessageCollectionViewItem {
                 )
             }
             
+            // Clear the control-level font so NSTextField doesn't override
+            // per-run font attributes (bold, code, headings) in the attributed string.
+            messageLabel.font = nil
             messageLabel.attributedStringValue = rendered
             messageLabel.isEnabled = true
             
diff --git a/com.stakwork.sphinx.desktop/Scenes/Dashboard/Chat/Collection View Items/New Chat View/NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewItem/NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewitem+LayoutExtension.swift b/com.stakwork.sphinx.desktop/Scenes/Dashboard/Chat/Collection View Items/New Chat View/NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewItem/NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewitem+LayoutExtension.swift
index 74fe4561..47160231 100644
--- a/com.stakwork.sphinx.desktop/Scenes/Dashboard/Chat/Collection View Items/New Chat View/NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewItem/NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewitem+LayoutExtension.swift	
+++ b/com.stakwork.sphinx.desktop/Scenes/Dashboard/Chat/Collection View Items/New Chat View/NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewItem/NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewitem+LayoutExtension.swift	
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ extension NewOnlyTextMessageCollectionViewitem {
                 )
             }
             
+            // Clear the control-level font so NSTextField doesn't override
+            // per-run font attributes (bold, code, headings) in the attributed string.
+            messageLabel.font = nil
             messageLabel.attributedStringValue = rendered
             messageLabel.isEnabled = true
         }