diff --git a/source/blender/blenfont/BLF_api.hh b/source/blender/blenfont/BLF_api.hh
index efea4ac9c41..b64103083f9 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenfont/BLF_api.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenfont/BLF_api.hh
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ enum {
    * \note Can be checked without checking #BLF_MONOSPACED which can be assumed to be disabled.
    */
   BLF_RENDER_SUBPIXELAA = 1 << 18,
+
+  /* Do not look in other fonts when a glyph is not found in this font. */
+  BLF_NO_FALLBACK = 1 << 19,
 };
 
 #define BLF_DRAW_STR_DUMMY_MAX 1024
diff --git a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_glyph.cc b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_glyph.cc
index ecbcf2b5b4d..338a858c545 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_glyph.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_glyph.cc
@@ -787,8 +787,8 @@ static FT_UInt blf_glyph_index_from_charcode(FontBLF **font, const uint charcode
     return glyph_index;
   }
 
-  /* Only fonts managed by the cache can fallback. */
-  if (!((*font)->flags & BLF_CACHED)) {
+  /* Fonts managed by the cache can fallback. Unless specifically forbidden. */
+  if (!((*font)->flags & BLF_CACHED) || ((*font)->flags & BLF_NO_FALLBACK)) {
     return 0;
   }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/sequencer/intern/effects/vse_effect_text.cc b/source/blender/sequencer/intern/effects/vse_effect_text.cc
index a38da3c2fe4..8e2dbfa493e 100644
--- a/source/blender/sequencer/intern/effects/vse_effect_text.cc
+++ b/source/blender/sequencer/intern/effects/vse_effect_text.cc
@@ -553,6 +553,11 @@ namespace blender::seq {
 
 static void text_draw(const TextVarsRuntime *runtime, float color[4])
 {
+  const bool use_fallback = (runtime->font <= 1);
+  if (!use_fallback) {
+    BLF_enable(runtime->font, BLF_NO_FALLBACK);
+  }
+
   for (const LineInfo &line : runtime->lines) {
     for (const CharInfo &character : line.characters) {
       BLF_position(runtime->font, character.position.x, character.position.y, 0.0f);
@@ -560,6 +565,10 @@ static void text_draw(const TextVarsRuntime *runtime, float color[4])
       BLF_draw_buffer(runtime->font, character.str_ptr, character.byte_length);
     }
   }
+
+  if (!use_fallback) {
+    BLF_disable(runtime->font, BLF_NO_FALLBACK);
+  }
 }
 
 static rcti draw_text_outline(const SeqRenderData *context,
@@ -805,6 +814,12 @@ static blender::Vector<CharInfo> build_character_info(const TextVars *data, int
   const size_t len_max = BLI_strnlen(data->text, sizeof(data->text));
   int byte_offset = 0;
   int char_index = 0;
+
+  const bool use_fallback = (font <= 1);
+  if (!use_fallback) {
+    BLF_enable(font, BLF_NO_FALLBACK);
+  }
+
   while (byte_offset <= len_max) {
     const char *str = data->text + byte_offset;
     const int char_length = BLI_str_utf8_size_safe(str);
@@ -819,6 +834,11 @@ static blender::Vector<CharInfo> build_character_info(const TextVars *data, int
     byte_offset += char_length;
     char_index++;
   }
+
+  if (!use_fallback) {
+    BLF_disable(font, BLF_NO_FALLBACK);
+  }
+
   return characters;
 }