diff --git a/crates/gpui_macos/src/text_system.rs b/crates/gpui_macos/src/text_system.rs
index 2808e535ad5..fbc48864ce5 100644
--- a/crates/gpui_macos/src/text_system.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui_macos/src/text_system.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use cocoa::appkit::CGFloat;
-use collections::HashMap;
+use collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use core_foundation::{
     array::{CFArray, CFArrayRef},
     attributed_string::CFMutableAttributedString,
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ impl MacTextSystemState {
         let name = gpui::font_name_with_fallbacks(name, ".AppleSystemUIFont");
 
         let mut font_ids = SmallVec::new();
+        let mut postscript_names_seen = HashSet::default();
         let family = self
             .memory_source
             .select_family_by_name(name)
@@ -340,15 +341,38 @@ impl MacTextSystemState {
                         .is_some())
             } {
                 log::error!(
-                    "Failed to read traits for font {:?}",
-                    font.postscript_name().unwrap()
+                    "Failed to read traits for font {:?} (PostScript name {:?})",
+                    font.full_name(),
+                    font.postscript_name(),
                 );
                 continue;
             }
 
+            let Some(postscript_name) = font.postscript_name() else {
+                log::warn!(
+                    "font {:?} in family {:?} has no PostScript name; skipping",
+                    font.full_name(),
+                    name,
+                );
+                continue;
+            };
+            // Dedup is scoped to this single `load_family` call (issue #55472).
+            // The same family can be reloaded later under a different `FontKey`
+            // (different features/fallbacks); a global check against
+            // `font_ids_by_postscript_name` would skip every already-registered
+            // font and leave the second call's `font_ids` empty.
+            if !postscript_names_seen.insert(postscript_name.clone()) {
+                log::warn!(
+                    "skipping duplicate font {:?} with PostScript name {:?} \
+                     in family {:?}",
+                    font.full_name(),
+                    postscript_name,
+                    name,
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
             let font_id = FontId(self.fonts.len());
             font_ids.push(font_id);
-            let postscript_name = font.postscript_name().unwrap();
             self.font_ids_by_postscript_name
                 .insert(postscript_name.clone(), font_id);
             self.postscript_names_by_font_id