diff --git a/source/funkin/backend/assets/Paths.hx b/source/funkin/backend/assets/Paths.hx
index d8c6ba39..1bc880ff 100644
--- a/source/funkin/backend/assets/Paths.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/backend/assets/Paths.hx
@@ -116,17 +116,28 @@ class Paths
 		return scriptPath;
 	}
 
-	static public function chart(song:String, ?difficulty:String = "normal"):String {
+	static public function chart(song:String, ?difficulty:String = "normal"):String
+	{
 		difficulty = difficulty.toLowerCase();
 		song = song.toLowerCase();
 
 		return getPath('songs/$song/charts/$difficulty.json', null);
 	}
 
-	static public function character(character:String):String {
+	inline static public function character(character:String):String
+	{
 		return getPath('data/characters/$character.xml', null);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the name of a registered font.
+	 * @param font The font's path (if it's already passed as a font name, the same name will be returned)
+	 */
+	inline static public function getFontName(font:String)
+	{
+		return OpenFlAssets.exists(font, FONT) ? OpenFlAssets.getFont(font).fontName : font;
+	}
+
 	inline static public function font(key:String)
 	{
 		return getPath('fonts/$key');
diff --git a/source/funkin/backend/utils/CoolUtil.hx b/source/funkin/backend/utils/CoolUtil.hx
index 70feb55f..9fd7f3c5 100644
--- a/source/funkin/backend/utils/CoolUtil.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/backend/utils/CoolUtil.hx
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class CoolUtil
 			var fmt = new FlxTextFormat();
 
 			fmt.format.color = Reflect.hasField(fmtt, "color") ? FlxColor.fromString(fmtt.color) : text.color;
-			fmt.format.font = Reflect.hasField(fmtt, "font") ? Paths.font(fmtt.font) : text.font;
+			fmt.format.font = Reflect.hasField(fmtt, "font") ? Paths.getFontName(Paths.font(fmtt.font)) : text.font;
 			fmt.format.size = Reflect.hasField(fmtt, "size") ? Std.parseInt(fmtt.size) : text.size;
 			fmt.format.italic = Reflect.hasField(fmtt, "italic") ? fmtt.italic == "true" : text.italic;
 			fmt.format.bold = Reflect.hasField(fmtt, "bold") ? fmtt.bold == "true" : text.bold;