diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/project-controls.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/project-controls.tsx
index 1d6dd1b..61cdbdf 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/project-controls.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/project-controls.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import { useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Download, Upload } from 'lucide-react'
 
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
+import {
+  Tooltip,
+  TooltipContent,
+  TooltipTrigger,
+} from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import { downloadProject, importProject } from '@/lib/project'
 import { usePhotoStore } from '@/stores/photo-store'
 import { settingsSnapshot, useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings-store'
@@ -53,24 +58,36 @@ export function ProjectControls() {
             event.target.value = ''
           }}
         />
-        <Button
-          variant="outline"
-          size="sm"
-          disabled={busy}
-          onClick={() => inputRef.current?.click()}
-        >
-          <Upload className="size-3.5" />
-          Open
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant="outline"
-          size="sm"
-          disabled={busy || photos.length === 0}
-          onClick={() => void handleSave()}
-        >
-          <Download className="size-3.5" />
-          Save
-        </Button>
+        <Tooltip>
+          <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+            <Button
+              variant="outline"
+              size="icon"
+              className="size-8"
+              aria-label="Open project"
+              disabled={busy}
+              onClick={() => inputRef.current?.click()}
+            >
+              <Upload className="size-4" />
+            </Button>
+          </TooltipTrigger>
+          <TooltipContent>Open project</TooltipContent>
+        </Tooltip>
+        <Tooltip>
+          <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+            <Button
+              variant="outline"
+              size="icon"
+              className="size-8"
+              aria-label="Save project"
+              disabled={busy || photos.length === 0}
+              onClick={() => void handleSave()}
+            >
+              <Download className="size-4" />
+            </Button>
+          </TooltipTrigger>
+          <TooltipContent>Save project</TooltipContent>
+        </Tooltip>
       </div>
       {error && <span className="text-destructive text-xs">{error}</span>}
     </div>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/pdf-fonts.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/pdf-fonts.ts
index 6305302..91d0db2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/pdf-fonts.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/pdf-fonts.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import patrickHandUrl from '@/fonts/PatrickHand-Regular.ttf?url'
 import shadowsUrl from '@/fonts/ShadowsIntoLight-Regular.ttf?url'
 
 // Static TTFs for the handwriting caption fonts, so the exported PDF matches the
-// on-screen preview. Only fonts that render faithfully in pdf-lib (which has no
-// GPOS kerning) are offered — Caveat, a connected script, was dropped for this
-// reason (see #23).
+// on-screen preview. We embed the FULL font (no subsetting): pdf-lib's subsetter
+// drops glyphs for some of these — Kalam came out as scattered half-words — and
+// the size cost is trivial next to the 300-DPI photos. Connected scripts that
+// rely on GPOS kerning pdf-lib lacks (e.g. Caveat) are still excluded (see #23).
 const PDF_FONT_URLS: Record<string, string> = {
   'indie-flower': indieFlowerUrl,
   'patrick-hand': patrickHandUrl,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export async function embedCaptionFont(
   if (!url) return null
   try {
     doc.registerFontkit(fontkit)
-    return await doc.embedFont(await fontBytes(url), { subset: true })
+    return await doc.embedFont(await fontBytes(url), { subset: false })
   } catch {
     return null
   }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/styles.css b/apps/web/src/styles.css
index 9a66256..70d3aeb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/styles.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/styles.css
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   --foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
   --card: oklch(1 0 0);
   --card-foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
+  --popover: oklch(1 0 0);
+  --popover-foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
   --primary: oklch(0.205 0 0);
   --primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
   --secondary: oklch(0.97 0 0);
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@
   --foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
   --card: oklch(0.205 0 0);
   --card-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
+  --popover: oklch(0.205 0 0);
+  --popover-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
   --primary: oklch(0.985 0 0);
   --primary-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
   --secondary: oklch(0.269 0 0);
@@ -53,6 +57,8 @@
   --color-foreground: var(--foreground);
   --color-card: var(--card);
   --color-card-foreground: var(--card-foreground);
+  --color-popover: var(--popover);
+  --color-popover-foreground: var(--popover-foreground);
   --color-primary: var(--primary);
   --color-primary-foreground: var(--primary-foreground);
   --color-secondary: var(--secondary);