diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/skwasm/skwasm_impl/paragraph.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/skwasm/skwasm_impl/paragraph.dart
index 7b036779059b5..6f6d724121136 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/skwasm/skwasm_impl/paragraph.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/skwasm/skwasm_impl/paragraph.dart
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ const int _kSoftLineBreak = 0;
 const int _kHardLineBreak = 100;
 
 final List<String> _testFonts = <String>['FlutterTest', 'Ahem'];
-String _computeEffectiveFontFamily(String fontFamily) {
-  return ui_web.debugEmulateFlutterTesterEnvironment && !_testFonts.contains(fontFamily)
-    ? _testFonts.first
-    : fontFamily;
+List<String> _computeEffectiveFontFamilies(List<String> fontFamilies) {
+  if (!ui_web.debugEmulateFlutterTesterEnvironment) {
+    return fontFamilies;
+  }
+  final Iterable<String> filteredFonts = fontFamilies.where(_testFonts.contains);
+  return filteredFonts.isEmpty ? _testFonts : filteredFonts.toList();
 }
 
 class SkwasmLineMetrics extends SkwasmObjectWrapper<RawLineMetrics> implements ui.LineMetrics {
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ class SkwasmTextStyle implements ui.TextStyle {
       textStyleSetTextBaseline(handle, textBaseline!.index);
     }
 
-    final List<String> effectiveFontFamilies = fontFamilies;
+    final List<String> effectiveFontFamilies = _computeEffectiveFontFamilies(fontFamilies);
     if (effectiveFontFamilies.isNotEmpty) {
       withScopedFontList(effectiveFontFamilies,
         (Pointer<SkStringHandle> families, int count) =>
@@ -438,8 +440,8 @@ class SkwasmTextStyle implements ui.TextStyle {
   }
 
   List<String> get fontFamilies => <String>[
-    if (fontFamily != null) _computeEffectiveFontFamily(fontFamily!),
-    if (fontFamilyFallback != null) ...fontFamilyFallback!.map(_computeEffectiveFontFamily),
+    if (fontFamily != null) fontFamily!,
+    if (fontFamilyFallback != null) ...fontFamilyFallback!,
   ];
 
   final ui.Color? color;
@@ -576,16 +578,13 @@ final class SkwasmStrutStyle extends SkwasmObjectWrapper<RawStrutStyle> implemen
     ui.TextLeadingDistribution? leadingDistribution,
   }) {
     final StrutStyleHandle handle = strutStyleCreate();
-    if (fontFamily != null || fontFamilyFallback != null) {
-      final List<String> fontFamilies = <String>[
-        if (fontFamily != null) fontFamily,
-        if (fontFamilyFallback != null) ...fontFamilyFallback,
-      ];
-      if (fontFamilies.isNotEmpty) {
-        withScopedFontList(fontFamilies,
-          (Pointer<SkStringHandle> families, int count) =>
-            strutStyleSetFontFamilies(handle, families, count));
-      }
+    final List<String> effectiveFontFamilies = _computeEffectiveFontFamilies(<String>[
+      if (fontFamily != null) fontFamily,
+      if (fontFamilyFallback != null) ...fontFamilyFallback,
+    ]);
+    if (effectiveFontFamilies.isNotEmpty) {
+      withScopedFontList(effectiveFontFamilies, (Pointer<SkStringHandle> families, int count) =>
+          strutStyleSetFontFamilies(handle, families, count));
     }
     if (fontSize != null) {
       strutStyleSetFontSize(handle, fontSize);
@@ -728,9 +727,11 @@ class SkwasmParagraphStyle extends SkwasmObjectWrapper<RawParagraphStyle> implem
       (renderer.fontCollection as SkwasmFontCollection).defaultTextStyle.copy();
     final TextStyleHandle textStyleHandle = textStyle.handle;
 
-    if (fontFamily != null) {
-      withScopedFontList(<String>[fontFamily],
-        (Pointer<SkStringHandle> families, int count) =>
+    final List<String> effectiveFontFamilies = _computeEffectiveFontFamilies(<String>[
+      if (fontFamily != null) fontFamily
+    ]);
+    if (effectiveFontFamilies.isNotEmpty) {
+      withScopedFontList(effectiveFontFamilies, (Pointer<SkStringHandle> families, int count) =>
           textStyleAddFontFamilies(textStyleHandle, families, count));
     }
     if (fontSize != null) {
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/ui/line_metrics_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/ui/line_metrics_test.dart
index b356c4c8d48fd..e287cb6d79cd6 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/ui/line_metrics_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/ui/line_metrics_test.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import 'package:test/bootstrap/browser.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:ui/ui.dart' as ui;
+import 'package:ui/ui_web/src/ui_web/testing.dart';
 
 import '../common/test_initialization.dart';
 import 'utils.dart';
@@ -117,17 +118,18 @@ Future<void> testMain() async {
     }
   }, skip: isHtml); // The rounding hack doesn't apply to the html renderer
 
-  test('uses flutter test fonts when debugEmulateFlutterTesterEnvironment is enabled', () {
+  test('overrides with flutter test font when debugEmulateFlutterTesterEnvironment is enabled', () {
     final ui.ParagraphBuilder builder = ui.ParagraphBuilder(ui.ParagraphStyle());
     builder.pushStyle(ui.TextStyle(
       fontSize: 10.0,
-      fontFamily: 'SomeOtherFontFamily',
+      fontFamily: 'Roboto',
     ));
     builder.addText('XXXX');
     final ui.Paragraph paragraph = builder.build();
     paragraph.layout(const ui.ParagraphConstraints(width: 400));
 
     expect(paragraph.numberOfLines, 1);
+    expect(paragraph.height, 10);
 
     final ui.LineMetrics? metrics = paragraph.getLineMetricsAt(0);
     expect(metrics, isNotNull);
@@ -135,4 +137,44 @@ Future<void> testMain() async {
     // FlutterTest font's 'X' character is a square, so it's the font size (10.0) * 4 characters.
     expect(metrics!.width, 40.0);
   });
+
+  test('uses flutter test font by default when debugEmulateFlutterTesterEnvironment is enabled', () {
+    final ui.ParagraphBuilder builder = ui.ParagraphBuilder(ui.ParagraphStyle());
+    builder.pushStyle(ui.TextStyle(
+      fontSize: 10.0,
+    ));
+    builder.addText('XXXX');
+    final ui.Paragraph paragraph = builder.build();
+    paragraph.layout(const ui.ParagraphConstraints(width: 400));
+
+    expect(paragraph.numberOfLines, 1);
+    expect(paragraph.height, 10);
+
+    final ui.LineMetrics? metrics = paragraph.getLineMetricsAt(0);
+    expect(metrics, isNotNull);
+
+    // FlutterTest font's 'X' character is a square, so it's the font size (10.0) * 4 characters.
+    expect(metrics!.width, 40.0);
+  });
+
+  test('uses specified font when debugEmulateFlutterTesterEnvironment is disabled', () {
+    debugEmulateFlutterTesterEnvironment = false;
+
+    final ui.ParagraphBuilder builder = ui.ParagraphBuilder(ui.ParagraphStyle());
+    builder.pushStyle(ui.TextStyle(
+      fontSize: 16.0,
+      fontFamily: 'Roboto',
+    ));
+    builder.addText('O');
+    final ui.Paragraph paragraph = builder.build();
+    paragraph.layout(const ui.ParagraphConstraints(width: 400));
+
+    expect(paragraph.numberOfLines, 1);
+
+    final ui.LineMetrics? metrics = paragraph.getLineMetricsAt(0);
+    expect(metrics, isNotNull);
+
+    // In Roboto, the width should be 11 here. In the test font, it would be square (16 points)
+    expect(metrics!.width, 11);
+  }, solo: true);
 }