diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 597c0b7..41e9da7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Fixed playlist schedule summaries showing weekday text and omitting boundary times when dates are returned as `Date` objects.
 - Preserved saved API region items-path overrides when reopening the slide editor instead of replacing them with the source default.
+- Fixed managed-font loading in thumbnail popup previews and preserved entity-encoded font-family quotes across preview sanitization.
 
 ## 2.20.4 - 2026-10-25
 
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/region-utils.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/region-utils.js
index 21857fd..b86bd68 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/region-utils.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/region-utils.js
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
       .replace(/'/g, ''');
   }
 
+  function decodeAttributeValue(value) {
+    var decoder = document.createElement('textarea');
+    decoder.innerHTML = String(value || '').replace(/</g, '&lt;');
+    return decoder.value;
+  }
+
   function sanitizePreviewHtml(html) {
     var output = String(html || '');
     output = output.replace(/<script[\s\S]*?<\/script>/gi, '');
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@
         return '';
       }
 
-      var value = doubleQuoted !== undefined ? doubleQuoted : singleQuoted !== undefined ? singleQuoted : bareValue !== undefined ? bareValue : '';
+      var value = decodeAttributeValue(doubleQuoted !== undefined ? doubleQuoted : singleQuoted !== undefined ? singleQuoted : bareValue !== undefined ? bareValue : '');
       if (lowerKey === 'href' && /^(?:\s*javascript:|\s*data:)/i.test(String(value || ''))) {
         return '';
       }
@@ -185,7 +191,7 @@
         return '';
       }
 
-      var value = doubleQuoted !== undefined ? doubleQuoted : singleQuoted !== undefined ? singleQuoted : bareValue !== undefined ? bareValue : '';
+      var value = decodeAttributeValue(doubleQuoted !== undefined ? doubleQuoted : singleQuoted !== undefined ? singleQuoted : bareValue !== undefined ? bareValue : '');
       if (lowerKey === 'href' && /^(?:\s*javascript:|\s*data:)/i.test(String(value || ''))) {
         return '';
       }
diff --git a/src/web/routes/register.js b/src/web/routes/register.js
index 29554ac..e03a3b4 100644
--- a/src/web/routes/register.js
+++ b/src/web/routes/register.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ function registerAuthAndAccountRoutes(app, deps) {
     pool: deps.pool,
     common: deps.common,
     pages: deps.pages,
+    mediaDir: deps.mediaDir,
     requirePermission: deps.requirePermission,
     buildDashboardState: deps.buildDashboardState,
     fetchScreensByPlaylistId: deps.fetchScreensByPlaylistId,
diff --git a/test/slide-preview-renderer.test.js b/test/slide-preview-renderer.test.js
index fbd564d..73a5a92 100644
--- a/test/slide-preview-renderer.test.js
+++ b/test/slide-preview-renderer.test.js
@@ -35,6 +35,57 @@ function loadEditorTimeDateModule() {
   return modules.get('time-date');
 }
 
+test('preview sanitizers preserve entity-quoted font families without double escaping', () => {
+  const entities = { apos: "'", quot: '"', amp: '&', lt: '<', gt: '>' };
+  const sandbox = {
+    window: {},
+    document: {
+      createElement(tag) {
+        assert.equal(tag, 'textarea');
+        return {
+          set innerHTML(value) {
+            this.value = value.replace(/&(#x[\da-f]+|#\d+|apos|quot|amp|lt|gt);/gi, (_match, entity) => {
+              if (entity[0] !== '#') return entities[entity];
+              return String.fromCodePoint(entity[1].toLowerCase() === 'x' ? parseInt(entity.slice(2), 16) : Number(entity.slice(1)));
+            });
+          }
+        };
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  vm.runInNewContext(fs.readFileSync(require.resolve('../src/web/public/js/regions/region-utils'), 'utf8'), sandbox);
+
+  for (const sanitize of [sandbox.window.pulseRegionUtils.sanitizePreviewHtml, sandbox.window.pulseRegionUtils.sanitizeRichText]) {
+    for (const quotes of ["'Ubuntu Regular'", '&#39;Ubuntu Regular&#39;', '&quot;Ubuntu Regular&quot;']) {
+      const markup = sanitize('<span style="font-family: ' + quotes + ';">Player</span>');
+      assert.doesNotMatch(markup, /&amp;#39;|&amp;quot;/);
+      assert.equal(sanitize(markup), markup);
+      assert.match(markup, /font-family: (?:&#39;Ubuntu Regular&#39;|&quot;Ubuntu Regular&quot;);/);
+    }
+    const unsafe = sanitize('<a href="java&#115;cript:alert(1)" style="background:u&#114;l(test)">Player</a>');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(unsafe, /href=|style=/);
+  }
+});
+
+test('page route wiring preserves the configured media directory for popup font stylesheets', () => {
+  let pageDependencies;
+  const sandbox = {
+    module: { exports: {} },
+    require(name) {
+      if (name === '#src/rbac') return { PERMISSIONS: [], normalizePermissionKeys: value => value };
+      return function (_app, dependencies) {
+        if (name === '#src/web/routes/admin/pages') pageDependencies = dependencies;
+      };
+    }
+  };
+  vm.runInNewContext(fs.readFileSync(require.resolve('../src/web/routes/register'), 'utf8'), sandbox);
+  sandbox.module.exports.registerRoutes({}, {
+    mediaDir: '/configured/signage-media',
+    playerActionService: {}
+  });
+  assert.equal(pageDependencies.mediaDir, '/configured/signage-media');
+});
+
 test('thumbnail payload passes saved region geometry and content to the popup renderer', () => {
   const payload = buildThumbnailPreviewPayload({
     template: {