diff --git a/includes/create-theme/theme-fonts.php b/includes/create-theme/theme-fonts.php
index 0e403b69..04922fd0 100644
--- a/includes/create-theme/theme-fonts.php
+++ b/includes/create-theme/theme-fonts.php
@@ -164,28 +164,32 @@ public static function copy_activated_fonts_to_theme() {
 
 	}
 
-	public static function remove_deactivated_fonts_from_theme() {
-
-		$user_settings = CBT_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_user_data()->get_settings();
-		$theme_json    = CBT_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_theme_file_contents();
-
-		// If there are no deactivated theme fonts, bounce out
-		if ( ! isset( $user_settings['typography']['fontFamilies']['theme'] ) ) {
+	/**
+	 * Remove font face assets from the theme that are not in the user configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $font_families_to_not_remove
+	 * @param array $theme_font_families
+	 */
+	private static function remove_deactivated_font_assets( $font_families_to_not_remove, $theme_font_families ) {
+		/* Bail if there are no theme font families, which can happen
+		 * if the theme.json file, missing, or if the theme is a child theme, in
+		 * which case the font families are inherited from the parent theme.
+			*/
+		if ( null === $theme_font_families ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$font_families_to_not_remove = $user_settings['typography']['fontFamilies']['theme'];
-
-		// Remove font assets from theme
+		// Remove font face assets from the theme that are not in the user configuration.
 		$theme_font_asset_location = get_stylesheet_directory() . '/assets/fonts/';
 		$font_families_to_remove   = array_values(
 			array_filter(
-				$theme_json['settings']['typography']['fontFamilies'],
+				$theme_font_families,
 				function( $theme_font_family ) use ( $font_families_to_not_remove ) {
 					return ! in_array( $theme_font_family['slug'], array_column( $font_families_to_not_remove, 'slug' ), true );
 				}
 			)
 		);
+
 		foreach ( $font_families_to_remove as $font_family ) {
 			if ( isset( $font_family['fontFace'] ) ) {
 				foreach ( $font_family['fontFace'] as $font_face ) {
@@ -203,19 +207,45 @@ function( $theme_font_family ) use ( $font_families_to_not_remove ) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove any deactivated fonts from the theme configuration.
+	 * This includes removing the font face assets from the theme,
+	 * but does not remove the font face assets from the user configuration.
+	 *
+	 * This is because the user may have deactivated a font, but still want to use it in the future.
+	 */
+	public static function remove_deactivated_fonts_from_theme() {
+
+		$user_settings = CBT_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_user_data()->get_settings();
+		$theme_json    = CBT_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_theme_file_contents();
+
+		// If there are no deactivated theme fonts, bounce out
+		if ( ! isset( $user_settings['typography']['fontFamilies']['theme'] ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$font_families_to_not_remove = $user_settings['typography']['fontFamilies']['theme'];
+
+		$theme_font_families = isset( $theme_json['settings']['typography']['fontFamilies'] ) ? $theme_json['settings']['typography']['fontFamilies'] : null;
+		static::remove_deactivated_font_assets( $font_families_to_not_remove, $theme_font_families );
+
+		// If there are font families in the theme, remove the deactivated ones
+		if ( null !== $theme_font_families ) {
+			$theme_json['settings']['typography']['fontFamilies'] = array_values(
+				array_filter(
+					$theme_font_families,
+					function( $theme_font_family ) use ( $font_families_to_not_remove ) {
+						return in_array( $theme_font_family['slug'], array_column( $font_families_to_not_remove, 'slug' ), true );
+					}
+				)
+			);
+		}
 
-		// Remove user fonts from theme
-		$theme_json['settings']['typography']['fontFamilies'] = array_values(
-			array_filter(
-				$theme_json['settings']['typography']['fontFamilies'],
-				function( $theme_font_family ) use ( $font_families_to_not_remove ) {
-					return in_array( $theme_font_family['slug'], array_column( $font_families_to_not_remove, 'slug' ), true );
-				}
-			)
-		);
 		CBT_Theme_JSON_Resolver::write_theme_file_contents( $theme_json );
 
-		// Remove user preferences for theme font activation
+		// Remove deactivated fonts from user settings
 		unset( $user_settings['typography']['fontFamilies']['theme'] );
 		if ( empty( $user_settings['typography']['fontFamilies'] ) ) {
 			unset( $user_settings['typography']['fontFamilies'] );
@@ -226,5 +256,4 @@ function( $theme_font_family ) use ( $font_families_to_not_remove ) {
 
 		CBT_Theme_JSON_Resolver::write_user_settings( $user_settings );
 	}
-
 }