diff --git a/src/entities/Font/lib/createFontLoadRequestContfig/createFontLoadRequestContfig.test.ts b/src/entities/Font/lib/createFontLoadRequestContfig/createFontLoadRequestContfig.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef196d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/entities/Font/lib/createFontLoadRequestContfig/createFontLoadRequestContfig.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import type { UnifiedFont } from '../../model/types';
+import { createFontLoadRequestContfig } from './createFontLoadRequestContfig';
+
+/**
+ * Minimal UnifiedFont mock — override only the fields a case exercises.
+ */
+function createMockFont(overrides: Partial<UnifiedFont> = {}): UnifiedFont {
+    const baseFont: UnifiedFont = {
+        id: 'test-font',
+        name: 'Test Font',
+        provider: 'google',
+        category: 'sans-serif',
+        subsets: ['latin'],
+        variants: [],
+        styles: {},
+        metadata: {
+            cachedAt: Date.now(),
+        },
+        features: {
+            isVariable: false,
+            tags: [],
+        },
+    };
+
+    return { ...baseFont, ...overrides };
+}
+
+describe('createFontLoadRequestContfig', () => {
+    it('builds a single-element config when a URL resolves', () => {
+        const font = createMockFont({
+            id: 'roboto',
+            name: 'Roboto',
+            styles: { variants: { '400': 'https://example.com/roboto-400.woff2' } },
+        });
+
+        const result = createFontLoadRequestContfig(font, 400);
+
+        expect(result).toEqual([
+            {
+                id: 'roboto',
+                name: 'Roboto',
+                weight: 400,
+                url: 'https://example.com/roboto-400.woff2',
+                isVariable: false,
+            },
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('returns an empty array when no URL resolves (flatMap drops the font)', () => {
+        const font = createMockFont({ styles: {} });
+
+        expect(createFontLoadRequestContfig(font, 400)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('forwards isVariable from font features', () => {
+        const font = createMockFont({
+            features: { isVariable: true, tags: [] },
+            styles: { variants: { '700': 'https://example.com/inter-vf.woff2' } },
+        });
+
+        const [config] = createFontLoadRequestContfig(font, 700);
+
+        expect(config.isVariable).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('sets isVariable to undefined when features is absent', () => {
+        // features is non-optional on UnifiedFont, but upstream data can be partial —
+        // the optional chain must not throw, and isVariable stays undefined.
+        const font = createMockFont({
+            styles: { variants: { '400': 'https://example.com/font.woff2' } },
+        });
+        // @ts-expect-error — deliberately drop the guaranteed field to exercise the optional chain
+        font.features = undefined;
+
+        const [config] = createFontLoadRequestContfig(font, 400);
+
+        expect(config.isVariable).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('uses the resolved fallback URL, not just exact matches', () => {
+        // getFontUrl falls back to styles.regular when the exact weight is missing;
+        // the config must carry whatever URL actually resolved.
+        const font = createMockFont({
+            styles: { regular: 'https://example.com/font-regular.woff2' },
+        });
+
+        const [config] = createFontLoadRequestContfig(font, 900);
+
+        expect(config.url).toBe('https://example.com/font-regular.woff2');
+        expect(config.weight).toBe(900);
+    });
+
+    it('carries the requested weight even when the URL is a shared fallback', () => {
+        const font = createMockFont({
+            styles: { variants: { '400': 'https://example.com/shared.woff2' } },
+        });
+
+        expect(createFontLoadRequestContfig(font, 700)[0].weight).toBe(700);
+    });
+
+    it('propagates the invalid-weight error from getFontUrl', () => {
+        const font = createMockFont();
+
+        expect(() => createFontLoadRequestContfig(font, 450)).toThrow('Invalid weight: 450');
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/entities/Font/lib/createFontLoadRequestContfig/createFontLoadRequestContfig.ts b/src/entities/Font/lib/createFontLoadRequestContfig/createFontLoadRequestContfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0aad4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/entities/Font/lib/createFontLoadRequestContfig/createFontLoadRequestContfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import type {
+    FontLoadRequestConfig,
+    UnifiedFont,
+} from '../../model';
+import { getFontUrl } from '../getFontUrl/getFontUrl';
+
+/**
+ * Build the font-lifecycle load request for a single font at a given weight.
+ *
+ * Returns a 0-or-1 element array rather than `FontLoadRequestConfig | undefined`
+ * so call sites can `flatMap` over a font list — resolve the URL and drop fonts
+ * that have none in a single pass, with no separate filter step. An empty array
+ * means the font has no loadable asset for this weight (or its fallbacks) and is
+ * silently skipped.
+ *
+ * `isVariable` is forwarded from the font's features so the lifecycle manager can
+ * dedupe variable fonts per ID (they load once regardless of weight) while still
+ * loading static fonts per weight.
+ *
+ * @param font - Unified font to load
+ * @param weight - Numeric weight (100-900)
+ * @returns Single-element config array, or `[]` when no URL resolves
+ * @throws Error when weight is outside the valid 100-900 range (propagated from `getFontUrl`)
+ */
+export function createFontLoadRequestContfig(font: UnifiedFont, weight: number): FontLoadRequestConfig[] {
+    const url = getFontUrl(font, weight);
+
+    if (!url) {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    return [{ id: font.id, name: font.name, weight, url, isVariable: font.features?.isVariable }];
+}
diff --git a/src/entities/Font/model/index.ts b/src/entities/Font/model/index.ts
index 8749b29..36cbda2 100644
--- a/src/entities/Font/model/index.ts
+++ b/src/entities/Font/model/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 export * from './const/const';
+
+export { getFontCatalog } from './store';
+
 export * from './store';
 export * from './types';
diff --git a/src/entities/Font/model/store/fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte.ts b/src/entities/Font/model/store/fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte.ts
index c6d7510..72b3d56 100644
--- a/src/entities/Font/model/store/fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/entities/Font/model/store/fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte.ts
@@ -483,8 +483,14 @@ export class FontCatalogStore {
     }
 }
 
-export function createFontCatalogStore(params: FontStoreParams = {}): FontCatalogStore {
-    return new FontCatalogStore(params);
+let _catalog: FontCatalogStore | undefined;
+
+export function getFontCatalog(): FontCatalogStore {
+    return (_catalog ??= new FontCatalogStore({ limit: 50 }));
 }
 
-export const fontCatalogStore = new FontCatalogStore({ limit: 50 });
+// test-only reset, so specs don't share a live observer
+export function __resetFontCatalog() {
+    _catalog?.destroy();
+    _catalog = undefined;
+}
diff --git a/src/entities/Font/model/store/index.ts b/src/entities/Font/model/store/index.ts
index 52dda36..d0d0024 100644
--- a/src/entities/Font/model/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/entities/Font/model/store/index.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 export * from './fontLifecycleManager/fontLifecycleManager.svelte';
 
 // Paginated catalog
-export {
-    createFontCatalogStore,
-    FontCatalogStore,
-    fontCatalogStore,
-} from './fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte';
+export { getFontCatalog } from './fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte';
+
+export type { FontCatalogStore } from './fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte';
 
 // Batch fetch by IDs (detail-cache seeding)
 export { FontsByIdsStore } from './fontsByIdsStore/fontsByIdsStore.svelte';
diff --git a/src/entities/Font/ui/FontVirtualList/FontVirtualList.svelte b/src/entities/Font/ui/FontVirtualList/FontVirtualList.svelte
index 0d21abe..bb71dd8 100644
--- a/src/entities/Font/ui/FontVirtualList/FontVirtualList.svelte
+++ b/src/entities/Font/ui/FontVirtualList/FontVirtualList.svelte
@@ -5,21 +5,18 @@
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
 import { debounce } from '$shared/lib/utils';
-import {
-    Skeleton,
-    VirtualList,
-} from '$shared/ui';
+import { VirtualList } from '$shared/ui';
 import type {
     ComponentProps,
     Snippet,
 } from 'svelte';
 import { fade } from 'svelte/transition';
-import { getFontUrl } from '../../lib';
+import { createFontLoadRequestContfig } from '../../lib/createFontLoadRequestContfig/createFontLoadRequestContfig';
 import {
     type FontLoadRequestConfig,
     type UnifiedFont,
-    fontCatalogStore,
     fontLifecycleManager,
+    getFontCatalog,
 } from '../../model';
 
 interface Props extends
@@ -55,17 +52,27 @@ let {
     ...rest
 }: Props = $props();
 
-const isLoading = $derived(
-    fontCatalogStore.isFetching || fontCatalogStore.isLoading,
-);
+const fontCatalog = getFontCatalog();
+
+const isLoading = $derived<boolean>(fontCatalog?.isLoading);
+const isFetching = $derived<boolean>(fontCatalog.isFetching);
+const hasMore = $derived<boolean>(fontCatalog?.pagination?.hasMore);
+const fonts = $derived<UnifiedFont[]>(fontCatalog.fonts);
+const total = $derived<number>(fontCatalog?.pagination.total);
 
 let visibleFonts = $state<UnifiedFont[]>([]);
-let isCatchingUp = $state(false);
+let isCatchingUp = $state<boolean>(false);
 
-const showInitialSkeleton = $derived(!!skeleton && isLoading && fontCatalogStore.fonts.length === 0);
-const showCatchupSkeleton = $derived(!!skeleton && isCatchingUp);
+const showInitialSkeleton = $derived.by(() => (
+    !!skeleton && (isLoading || isFetching) && fontCatalog.fonts.length === 0
+));
+const showCatchupSkeleton = $derived.by(() => (
+    !!skeleton && isCatchingUp
+));
 // Settled query with no matches — empty state replaces the (otherwise blank) list.
-const showEmpty = $derived(!!empty && !isLoading && !isCatchingUp && fontCatalogStore.fonts.length === 0);
+const showEmpty = $derived.by(() => (
+    !!empty && !(isLoading || isFetching) && !isCatchingUp && fontCatalog.fonts.length === 0
+));
 
 function handleInternalVisibleChange(items: UnifiedFont[]) {
     visibleFonts = items;
@@ -79,12 +86,12 @@ function handleInternalVisibleChange(items: UnifiedFont[]) {
  * font files for thousands of intermediate fonts.
  */
 async function handleJump(targetIndex: number) {
-    if (isCatchingUp || !fontCatalogStore.pagination.hasMore) {
+    if (isCatchingUp || !hasMore) {
         return;
     }
     isCatchingUp = true;
     try {
-        await fontCatalogStore.fetchAllPagesTo(targetIndex);
+        await fontCatalog.fetchAllPagesTo(targetIndex);
     } finally {
         isCatchingUp = false;
     }
@@ -105,13 +112,7 @@ $effect(() => {
     if (isCatchingUp) {
         return;
     }
-    const configs: FontLoadRequestConfig[] = visibleFonts.flatMap(item => {
-        const url = getFontUrl(item, weight);
-        if (!url) {
-            return [];
-        }
-        return [{ id: item.id, name: item.name, weight, url, isVariable: item.features?.isVariable }];
-    });
+    const configs = visibleFonts.flatMap(item => createFontLoadRequestContfig(item, weight));
     if (configs.length > 0) {
         debouncedTouch(configs);
     }
@@ -137,13 +138,11 @@ $effect(() => {
  * Load more fonts by moving to the next page
  */
 function loadMore() {
-    if (
-        !fontCatalogStore.pagination.hasMore
-        || fontCatalogStore.isFetching
-    ) {
+    if (!hasMore || isFetching) {
         return;
     }
-    fontCatalogStore.nextPage();
+
+    fontCatalog.nextPage();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -153,12 +152,10 @@ function loadMore() {
  * of the loaded items. Only fetches if there are more pages available.
  */
 function handleNearBottom(_lastVisibleIndex: number) {
-    const { hasMore } = fontCatalogStore.pagination;
-
     // VirtualList already checks if we're near the bottom of loaded items.
     // Guard isCatchingUp: fetchAllPagesTo bypasses TQ so isFetching stays false
     // during batch catch-up, which would otherwise let nextPage() race with it.
-    if (hasMore && !fontCatalogStore.isFetching && !isCatchingUp) {
+    if (hasMore && !isFetching && !isCatchingUp) {
         loadMore();
     }
 }
@@ -177,9 +174,9 @@ function handleNearBottom(_lastVisibleIndex: number) {
     {:else}
         <!-- VirtualList persists during pagination - no destruction/recreation -->
         <VirtualList
-            items={fontCatalogStore.fonts}
-            total={fontCatalogStore.pagination.total}
-            isLoading={isLoading || isCatchingUp}
+            items={fonts}
+            {total}
+            isLoading={isLoading || isFetching || isCatchingUp}
             onVisibleItemsChange={handleInternalVisibleChange}
             onNearBottom={handleNearBottom}
             onJump={handleJump}
diff --git a/src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleList/SampleList.svelte b/src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleList/SampleList.svelte
index 26f3347..fa9861f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleList/SampleList.svelte
+++ b/src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleList/SampleList.svelte
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import {
     createFontRowSizeResolver,
 } from '$entities/Font';
 import {
-    fontCatalogStore,
     fontLifecycleManager,
+    getFontCatalog,
 } from '$entities/Font/model';
 import {
     TypographyMenu,
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import { throttle } from '$shared/lib/utils';
 import { Skeleton } from '$shared/ui';
 import { layoutManager } from '../../model';
 
+const fontCatalog = getFontCatalog();
+
 // FontSampler chrome heights — derived from Tailwind classes in FontSampler.svelte.
 // Header: py-3 (12+12px padding) + ~32px content row ≈ 56px.
 // Only the header is counted; the mobile footer (md:hidden) is excluded because
@@ -44,14 +46,16 @@ const SAMPLER_FALLBACK_HEIGHT = 220;
  */
 const CHECK_POSITION_THROTTLE_MS = 100;
 
-let text = $state('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...');
+const fonts = $derived(fontCatalog?.fonts);
+
+let text = $state<string>('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...');
 let wrapper = $state<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 // Binds to the actual window height
-let innerHeight = $state(0);
+let innerHeight = $state<number>(0);
 // Is the component above the middle of the viewport?
-let isAboveMiddle = $state(false);
+let isAboveMiddle = $state<boolean>(false);
 // Inner width of the wrapper div — updated by bind:clientWidth on mount and resize.
-let containerWidth = $state(0);
+let containerWidth = $state<number>(0);
 
 const checkPosition = throttle(() => {
     if (!wrapper) {
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ const checkPosition = throttle(() => {
 // change triggers a full offsets recompute in createVirtualizer — no DOM snap.
 const fontRowHeight = $derived.by(() =>
     createFontRowSizeResolver({
-        getFonts: () => fontCatalogStore.fonts,
+        getFonts: () => fonts,
         getWeight: () => typographySettingsStore.weight,
         getPreviewText: () => text,
         getContainerWidth: () => containerWidth,
diff --git a/src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleListSection/SampleListSection.svelte b/src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleListSection/SampleListSection.svelte
index 91b8a6b..fe312a4 100644
--- a/src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleListSection/SampleListSection.svelte
+++ b/src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleListSection/SampleListSection.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     Wraps SampleList with a Section component
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
-import { fontCatalogStore } from '$entities/Font/model';
+import { getFontCatalog } from '$entities/Font/model';
 import { NavigationWrapper } from '$features/Breadcrumb';
 import type { ResponsiveManager } from '$shared/lib';
 import { cn } from '$shared/lib';
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ interface Props {
 const { index }: Props = $props();
 
 const responsive = getContext<ResponsiveManager>('responsive');
+
+const fontCatalog = getFontCatalog();
+const total = $derived<number>(fontCatalog?.pagination?.total);
 </script>
 
 <NavigationWrapper index={2} title="Samples">
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ const responsive = getContext<ResponsiveManager>('responsive');
             id="sample_set"
             title="Sample Set"
             headerTitle="visual_output"
-            headerSubtitle="items_total: {fontCatalogStore.pagination.total ?? 0}"
+            headerSubtitle="items_total: {total ?? 0}"
             headerAction={registerAction}
         >
             {#snippet headerContent()}