diff --git a/packages/dear-imgui/cpp/imguiview.h b/packages/dear-imgui/cpp/imguiview.h
index 6a4616ef..7f8e3cc9 100644
--- a/packages/dear-imgui/cpp/imguiview.h
+++ b/packages/dear-imgui/cpp/imguiview.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// #include "IconsMaterialDesignIcons.h"
-#include "IconsFontAwesome6.h"
+#include "IconsMaterialDesignIcons.h"
+// #include "IconsFontAwesome6.h"
 #include "imgui.h"
 #include "imgui_impl_glfw.h"
 #include "imgui_impl_wgpu.h"
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ class ImGuiView : public View {
             m_imGuiCtx = ImGui::CreateContext();
 
             ImGuiIO& io = ImGui::GetIO(); (void)io;
+            io.Fonts->TexDesiredWidth = 4096;
 
             auto fontDefs = json::parse(rawFontDefs);
 
-            static const ImWchar icons_ranges[] = { ICON_MIN_FA, ICON_MAX_16_FA, 0 };
-            // static const ImWchar icons_ranges[] = { ICON_MIN_MDI, ICON_MAX_16_MDI, 0 };
+            // static const ImWchar icons_ranges[] = { ICON_MIN_FA, ICON_MAX_16_FA, 0 };
+            static const ImWchar icons_ranges[] = { ICON_MIN_MDI, ICON_MAX_MDI, 0 };
 
             
 
@@ -74,11 +75,12 @@ class ImGuiView : public View {
                             icons_config.MergeMode = true; 
                             icons_config.PixelSnapH = true; 
                             icons_config.GlyphMinAdvanceX = iconFontSize;
-                            auto pathToFaFontFile = std::format("fonts/{}", FONT_ICON_FILE_NAME_FAS);
-                            // auto pathToMdiFontFile = std::format("fonts/{}", FONT_ICON_FILE_NAME_MDI);
+                            icons_config.OversampleH = 1;
+                            // auto pathToFaFontFile = std::format("fonts/{}", FONT_ICON_FILE_NAME_FAS);
+                            auto pathToMdiFontFile = std::format("fonts/{}", FONT_ICON_FILE_NAME_MDI);
                             
-                            io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF(pathToFaFontFile.c_str(), iconFontSize, &icons_config, icons_ranges);
-                            // io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF(pathToMdiFontFile.c_str(), fontSize, &icons_config, icons_ranges);
+                            // io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF(pathToFaFontFile.c_str(), iconFontSize, &icons_config, icons_ranges);
+                            io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF(pathToMdiFontFile.c_str(), fontSize, &icons_config, icons_ranges);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -102,25 +104,25 @@ class ImGuiView : public View {
             }
 
             // If not custom fonts defined, ensure font-awesome are still available
-            if (m_loadedFonts.size() == 0) {
-                io.Fonts->AddFontDefault();
-                float baseFontSize = 13.0f; // 13.0f is the size of the default font.
-                float iconFontSize = baseFontSize * 2.0f / 3.0f; // FontAwesome fonts need to have their sizes reduced by 2.0f/3.0f in order to align correctly
-
-                ImFontConfig icons_config; 
-                icons_config.MergeMode = true; 
-                icons_config.PixelSnapH = true; 
-                icons_config.GlyphMinAdvanceX = iconFontSize;
-                auto pathToFaFontFile = std::format("fonts/{}", FONT_ICON_FILE_NAME_FAS);
+            // if (m_loadedFonts.size() == 0) {
+            //     io.Fonts->AddFontDefault();
+            //     float baseFontSize = 13.0f; // 13.0f is the size of the default font.
+            //     float iconFontSize = baseFontSize * 2.0f / 3.0f; // FontAwesome fonts need to have their sizes reduced by 2.0f/3.0f in order to align correctly
+
+            //     ImFontConfig icons_config; 
+            //     icons_config.MergeMode = true; 
+            //     icons_config.PixelSnapH = true; 
+            //     icons_config.GlyphMinAdvanceX = iconFontSize;
+            //     auto pathToFaFontFile = std::format("fonts/{}", FONT_ICON_FILE_NAME_FAS);
                 
-                m_loadedFonts.push_back(
-                    io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF(pathToFaFontFile.c_str(), iconFontSize, &icons_config, icons_ranges)
-                );
+            //     m_loadedFonts.push_back(
+            //         io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF(pathToFaFontFile.c_str(), iconFontSize, &icons_config, icons_ranges)
+            //     );
 
-                io.Fonts->Build();
+            //     io.Fonts->Build();
 
-                SetFontDefault(0);
-            }
+            //     SetFontDefault(0);
+            // }
 
             ImVec4 v4 = ImVec4(0.45f, 0.55f, 0.60f, 1.00f);
             m_clearColor = { v4.x * v4.w, v4.y * v4.w, v4.z * v4.w, v4.w };
diff --git a/packages/dear-imgui/cpp/vcpkg.json b/packages/dear-imgui/cpp/vcpkg.json
index 4bc9e47d..42d6a049 100644
--- a/packages/dear-imgui/cpp/vcpkg.json
+++ b/packages/dear-imgui/cpp/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
             "features": [
                 "glfw-binding",
                 "opengl3-binding",
-                "wgpu-binding"
+                "wgpu-binding",
+                "wchar32"
             ]
         },
         "implot",
diff --git a/packages/dear-imgui/ts/package.json b/packages/dear-imgui/ts/package.json
index 7d9efb3b..64f1975d 100644
--- a/packages/dear-imgui/ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/dear-imgui/ts/package.json
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@
         "yaml": "^2.4.3"
     },
     "packageManager": "yarn@4.1.1"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/dear-imgui/ts/src/lib/components/ImGuiDemo/ImGuiDemo.tsx b/packages/dear-imgui/ts/src/lib/components/ImGuiDemo/ImGuiDemo.tsx
index c7f91140..5c4ddfe1 100644
--- a/packages/dear-imgui/ts/src/lib/components/ImGuiDemo/ImGuiDemo.tsx
+++ b/packages/dear-imgui/ts/src/lib/components/ImGuiDemo/ImGuiDemo.tsx
@@ -76,10 +76,12 @@ export const ImGuiDemo = () => {
 
     const nonDefaultFontCombo = useMemo(() => ({ name: "roboto-regular", size: 24 }), []);
 
+    const icon = "\u{F0004}";
+
     return (
         <ReactImgui.Fragment>
             <ReactImgui.UnformattedText
-                text={`dear imgui says hello! ${faIconMap["address-book"]} ${faIconMap["wine-bottle"]}`}
+                text={`dear imgui says hello! ${icon}`}
                 font={nonDefaultFontCombo}
                 color="ff0000"
             />