diff --git a/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss b/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
index c868c81549..626ccb2e13 100644
--- a/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
+++ b/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
    Arial empirically gets it right, hence prioritising Arial here. */
 /* We fall through to Twemoji for emoji rather than falling through
    to native Emoji fonts (if any) to ensure cross-browser consistency */
-$font-family: Nunito, Twemoji, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Noto Color Emoji', Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
+/* Noto Color Emoji contains digits, in fixed-width, therefore causing
+   digits in flowed text to stand out.
+   TODO: Consider putting all emoji fonts to the end rather than the front. */
+$font-family: Nunito, Twemoji, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif, 'Noto Color Emoji';
 
-$monospace-font-family: Inconsolata, Twemoji, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Noto Color Emoji', Courier, monospace;
+$monospace-font-family: Inconsolata, Twemoji, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', Courier, monospace, 'Noto Color Emoji';
 
 // unified palette
 // try to use these colors when possible