diff --git a/esphome/components/font/__init__.py b/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
index 32e803f405..2667dbdbdf 100644
--- a/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ class GlyphInfo:
 
 
 def glyph_to_glyphinfo(glyph, font, size, bpp):
+    # Convert to 32 bit unicode codepoint
+    glyph = ord(glyph)
     scale = 256 // (1 << bpp)
     if not font.is_scalable:
         sizes = [pt_to_px(x.size) for x in font.available_sizes]
diff --git a/esphome/components/font/font.cpp b/esphome/components/font/font.cpp
index add403fe98..5e3bf1dd20 100644
--- a/esphome/components/font/font.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/font/font.cpp
@@ -6,42 +6,147 @@
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace font {
-
 static const char *const TAG = "font";
 
-// Compare the char at the string position with this char.
-// Return true if this char is less than or equal the other.
-bool Glyph::compare_to(const uint8_t *str) const {
-  // 1 -> this->char_
-  // 2 -> str
-  for (uint32_t i = 0;; i++) {
-    if (this->a_char[i] == '\0')
-      return true;
-    if (str[i] == '\0')
-      return false;
-    if (this->a_char[i] > str[i])
-      return false;
-    if (this->a_char[i] < str[i])
-      return true;
+#ifdef USE_LVGL_FONT
+const uint8_t *Font::get_glyph_bitmap(const lv_font_t *font, uint32_t unicode_letter) {
+  auto *fe = (Font *) font->dsc;
+  const auto *gd = fe->get_glyph_data_(unicode_letter);
+  if (gd == nullptr) {
+    return nullptr;
   }
-  // this should not happen
-  return false;
+  return gd->data;
 }
-int Glyph::match_length(const uint8_t *str) const {
-  for (uint32_t i = 0;; i++) {
-    if (this->a_char[i] == '\0')
-      return i;
-    if (str[i] != this->a_char[i])
+
+bool Font::get_glyph_dsc_cb(const lv_font_t *font, lv_font_glyph_dsc_t *dsc, uint32_t unicode_letter, uint32_t next) {
+  auto *fe = (Font *) font->dsc;
+  const auto *gd = fe->get_glyph_data_(unicode_letter);
+  if (gd == nullptr) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  dsc->adv_w = gd->advance;
+  dsc->ofs_x = gd->offset_x;
+  dsc->ofs_y = fe->height_ - gd->height - gd->offset_y - fe->lv_font_.base_line;
+  dsc->box_w = gd->width;
+  dsc->box_h = gd->height;
+  dsc->is_placeholder = 0;
+  dsc->bpp = fe->get_bpp();
+  return true;
+}
+
+const Glyph *Font::get_glyph_data_(uint32_t unicode_letter) {
+  if (unicode_letter == this->last_letter_ && this->last_letter_ != 0)
+    return this->last_data_;
+  auto *glyph = this->find_glyph(unicode_letter);
+  if (glyph == nullptr) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  this->last_data_ = glyph;
+  this->last_letter_ = unicode_letter;
+  return glyph;
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ *  Attempt to extract a 32 bit Unicode codepoint from a UTF-8 string.
+ *  If successful, return the codepoint and set the length to the number of bytes read.
+ *  If the end of the string has been reached and a valid codepoint has not been found, return 0 and set the length to
+ * 0.
+ *
+ * @param utf8_str The input string
+ * @param length Pointer to length storage
+ * @return The extracted code point
+ */
+static uint32_t extract_unicode_codepoint(const char *utf8_str, size_t *length) {
+  // Safely cast to uint8_t* for correct bitwise operations on bytes
+  const uint8_t *current = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(utf8_str);
+  uint32_t code_point = 0;
+  uint8_t c1 = *current++;
+
+  // check for end of string
+  if (c1 == 0) {
+    *length = 0;
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  // --- 1-Byte Sequence: 0xxxxxxx (ASCII) ---
+  if (c1 < 0x80) {
+    // Valid ASCII byte.
+    code_point = c1;
+    // Optimization: No need to check for continuation bytes.
+  }
+  // --- 2-Byte Sequence: 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx ---
+  else if ((c1 & 0xE0) == 0xC0) {
+    uint8_t c2 = *current++;
+
+    // Error Check 1: Check if c2 is a valid continuation byte (10xxxxxx)
+    if ((c2 & 0xC0) != 0x80) {
+      *length = 0;
       return 0;
+    }
+
+    code_point = (c1 & 0x1F) << 6;
+    code_point |= (c2 & 0x3F);
+
+    // Error Check 2: Overlong check (2-byte must be > 0x7F)
+    if (code_point <= 0x7F) {
+      *length = 0;
+      return 0;
+    }
   }
-  // this should not happen
-  return 0;
-}
-void Glyph::scan_area(int *x1, int *y1, int *width, int *height) const {
-  *x1 = this->offset_x;
-  *y1 = this->offset_y;
-  *width = this->width;
-  *height = this->height;
+  // --- 3-Byte Sequence: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx ---
+  else if ((c1 & 0xF0) == 0xE0) {
+    uint8_t c2 = *current++;
+    uint8_t c3 = *current++;
+
+    // Error Check 1: Check continuation bytes
+    if (((c2 & 0xC0) != 0x80) || ((c3 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) {
+      *length = 0;
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    code_point = (c1 & 0x0F) << 12;
+    code_point |= (c2 & 0x3F) << 6;
+    code_point |= (c3 & 0x3F);
+
+    // Error Check 2: Overlong check (3-byte must be > 0x7FF)
+    // Also check for surrogates (0xD800-0xDFFF)
+    if (code_point <= 0x7FF || (code_point >= 0xD800 && code_point <= 0xDFFF)) {
+      *length = 0;
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+  // --- 4-Byte Sequence: 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx ---
+  else if ((c1 & 0xF8) == 0xF0) {
+    uint8_t c2 = *current++;
+    uint8_t c3 = *current++;
+    uint8_t c4 = *current++;
+
+    // Error Check 1: Check continuation bytes
+    if (((c2 & 0xC0) != 0x80) || ((c3 & 0xC0) != 0x80) || ((c4 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) {
+      *length = 0;
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    code_point = (c1 & 0x07) << 18;
+    code_point |= (c2 & 0x3F) << 12;
+    code_point |= (c3 & 0x3F) << 6;
+    code_point |= (c4 & 0x3F);
+
+    // Error Check 2: Overlong check (4-byte must be > 0xFFFF)
+    // Also check for valid Unicode range (must be <= 0x10FFFF)
+    if (code_point <= 0xFFFF || code_point > 0x10FFFF) {
+      *length = 0;
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+  // --- Invalid leading byte (e.g., 10xxxxxx or 11111xxx) ---
+  else {
+    *length = 0;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  *length = current - reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(utf8_str);
+  return code_point;
 }
 
 Font::Font(const Glyph *data, int data_nr, int baseline, int height, int descender, int xheight, int capheight,
@@ -53,82 +158,93 @@ Font::Font(const Glyph *data, int data_nr, int baseline, int height, int descend
       linegap_(height - baseline - descender),
       xheight_(xheight),
       capheight_(capheight),
-      bpp_(bpp) {}
-int Font::match_next_glyph(const uint8_t *str, int *match_length) const {
+      bpp_(bpp) {
+#ifdef USE_LVGL_FONT
+  this->lv_font_.dsc = this;
+  this->lv_font_.line_height = this->get_height();
+  this->lv_font_.base_line = this->lv_font_.line_height - this->get_baseline();
+  this->lv_font_.get_glyph_dsc = get_glyph_dsc_cb;
+  this->lv_font_.get_glyph_bitmap = get_glyph_bitmap;
+  this->lv_font_.subpx = LV_FONT_SUBPX_NONE;
+  this->lv_font_.underline_position = -1;
+  this->lv_font_.underline_thickness = 1;
+#endif
+}
+
+const Glyph *Font::find_glyph(uint32_t codepoint) const {
   int lo = 0;
   int hi = this->glyphs_.size() - 1;
   while (lo != hi) {
     int mid = (lo + hi + 1) / 2;
-    if (this->glyphs_[mid].compare_to(str)) {
+    if (this->glyphs_[mid].is_less_or_equal(codepoint)) {
       lo = mid;
     } else {
       hi = mid - 1;
     }
   }
-  *match_length = this->glyphs_[lo].match_length(str);
-  if (*match_length <= 0)
-    return -1;
-  return lo;
+  auto *result = &this->glyphs_[lo];
+  if (result->code_point == codepoint)
+    return result;
+  return nullptr;
 }
+
 #ifdef USE_DISPLAY
 void Font::measure(const char *str, int *width, int *x_offset, int *baseline, int *height) {
   *baseline = this->baseline_;
   *height = this->height_;
-  int i = 0;
   int min_x = 0;
   bool has_char = false;
   int x = 0;
-  while (str[i] != '\0') {
-    int match_length;
-    int glyph_n = this->match_next_glyph((const uint8_t *) str + i, &match_length);
-    if (glyph_n < 0) {
+  for (;;) {
+    size_t length;
+    auto code_point = extract_unicode_codepoint(str, &length);
+    if (length == 0)
+      break;
+    str += length;
+    auto *glyph = this->find_glyph(code_point);
+    if (glyph == nullptr) {
       // Unknown char, skip
-      if (!this->get_glyphs().empty())
-        x += this->get_glyphs()[0].advance;
-      i++;
+      if (!this->glyphs_.empty())
+        x += this->glyphs_[0].advance;
       continue;
     }
 
-    const Glyph &glyph = this->glyphs_[glyph_n];
     if (!has_char) {
-      min_x = glyph.offset_x;
+      min_x = glyph->offset_x;
     } else {
-      min_x = std::min(min_x, x + glyph.offset_x);
+      min_x = std::min(min_x, x + glyph->offset_x);
     }
-    x += glyph.advance;
+    x += glyph->advance;
 
-    i += match_length;
     has_char = true;
   }
   *x_offset = min_x;
   *width = x - min_x;
 }
+
 void Font::print(int x_start, int y_start, display::Display *display, Color color, const char *text, Color background) {
-  int i = 0;
   int x_at = x_start;
-  int scan_x1, scan_y1, scan_width, scan_height;
-  while (text[i] != '\0') {
-    int match_length;
-    int glyph_n = this->match_next_glyph((const uint8_t *) text + i, &match_length);
-    if (glyph_n < 0) {
+  for (;;) {
+    size_t length;
+    auto code_point = extract_unicode_codepoint(text, &length);
+    if (length == 0)
+      break;
+    text += length;
+    auto *glyph = this->find_glyph(code_point);
+    if (glyph == nullptr) {
       // Unknown char, skip
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Encountered character without representation in font: '%c'", text[i]);
-      if (!this->get_glyphs().empty()) {
-        uint8_t glyph_width = this->get_glyphs()[0].advance;
-        display->filled_rectangle(x_at, y_start, glyph_width, this->height_, color);
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Codepoint 0x%08" PRIx32 " not found in font", code_point);
+      if (!this->glyphs_.empty()) {
+        uint8_t glyph_width = this->glyphs_[0].advance;
+        display->rectangle(x_at, y_start, glyph_width, this->height_, color);
         x_at += glyph_width;
       }
-
-      i++;
       continue;
     }
 
-    const Glyph &glyph = this->get_glyphs()[glyph_n];
-    glyph.scan_area(&scan_x1, &scan_y1, &scan_width, &scan_height);
-
-    const uint8_t *data = glyph.data;
-    const int max_x = x_at + scan_x1 + scan_width;
-    const int max_y = y_start + scan_y1 + scan_height;
+    const uint8_t *data = glyph->data;
+    const int max_x = x_at + glyph->offset_x + glyph->width;
+    const int max_y = y_start + glyph->offset_y + glyph->height;
 
     uint8_t bitmask = 0;
     uint8_t pixel_data = 0;
@@ -141,10 +257,10 @@ void Font::print(int x_start, int y_start, display::Display *display, Color colo
     auto b_g = (float) background.g;
     auto b_b = (float) background.b;
     auto b_w = (float) background.w;
-    for (int glyph_y = y_start + scan_y1; glyph_y != max_y; glyph_y++) {
-      for (int glyph_x = x_at + scan_x1; glyph_x != max_x; glyph_x++) {
+    for (int glyph_y = y_start + glyph->offset_y; glyph_y != max_y; glyph_y++) {
+      for (int glyph_x = x_at + glyph->offset_x; glyph_x != max_x; glyph_x++) {
         uint8_t pixel = 0;
-        for (int bit_num = 0; bit_num != this->bpp_; bit_num++) {
+        for (uint8_t bit_num = 0; bit_num != this->bpp_; bit_num++) {
           if (bitmask == 0) {
             pixel_data = progmem_read_byte(data++);
             bitmask = 0x80;
@@ -164,12 +280,9 @@ void Font::print(int x_start, int y_start, display::Display *display, Color colo
         }
       }
     }
-    x_at += glyph.advance;
-
-    i += match_length;
+    x_at += glyph->advance;
   }
 }
 #endif
-
 }  // namespace font
 }  // namespace esphome
diff --git a/esphome/components/font/font.h b/esphome/components/font/font.h
index cb6cc89137..262ded3be4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/font/font.h
+++ b/esphome/components/font/font.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #ifdef USE_DISPLAY
 #include "esphome/components/display/display.h"
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_LVGL_FONT
+#include <lvgl.h>
+#endif
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace font {
@@ -14,9 +17,9 @@ class Font;
 
 class Glyph {
  public:
-  constexpr Glyph(const char *a_char, const uint8_t *data, int advance, int offset_x, int offset_y, int width,
+  constexpr Glyph(uint32_t code_point, const uint8_t *data, int advance, int offset_x, int offset_y, int width,
                   int height)
-      : a_char(a_char),
+      : code_point(code_point),
         data(data),
         advance(advance),
         offset_x(offset_x),
@@ -24,24 +27,15 @@ class Glyph {
         width(width),
         height(height) {}
 
-  const uint8_t *get_char() const { return reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(this->a_char); }
+  bool is_less_or_equal(uint32_t other) const { return this->code_point <= other; }
 
-  bool compare_to(const uint8_t *str) const;
-
-  int match_length(const uint8_t *str) const;
-
-  void scan_area(int *x1, int *y1, int *width, int *height) const;
-
-  const char *a_char;
+  const uint32_t code_point;
   const uint8_t *data;
   int advance;
   int offset_x;
   int offset_y;
   int width;
   int height;
-
- protected:
-  friend Font;
 };
 
 class Font
@@ -64,7 +58,7 @@ class Font
   Font(const Glyph *data, int data_nr, int baseline, int height, int descender, int xheight, int capheight,
        uint8_t bpp = 1);
 
-  int match_next_glyph(const uint8_t *str, int *match_length) const;
+  const Glyph *find_glyph(uint32_t codepoint) const;
 
 #ifdef USE_DISPLAY
   void print(int x_start, int y_start, display::Display *display, Color color, const char *text,
@@ -79,6 +73,9 @@ class Font
   inline int get_xheight() { return this->xheight_; }
   inline int get_capheight() { return this->capheight_; }
   inline int get_bpp() { return this->bpp_; }
+#ifdef USE_LVGL_FONT
+  const lv_font_t *get_lv_font() const { return &this->lv_font_; }
+#endif
 
   const ConstVector<Glyph> &get_glyphs() const { return glyphs_; }
 
@@ -91,6 +88,14 @@ class Font
   int xheight_;
   int capheight_;
   uint8_t bpp_;  // bits per pixel
+#ifdef USE_LVGL_FONT
+  lv_font_t lv_font_{};
+  static const uint8_t *get_glyph_bitmap(const lv_font_t *font, uint32_t unicode_letter);
+  static bool get_glyph_dsc_cb(const lv_font_t *font, lv_font_glyph_dsc_t *dsc, uint32_t unicode_letter, uint32_t next);
+  const Glyph *get_glyph_data_(uint32_t unicode_letter);
+  uint32_t last_letter_{};
+  const Glyph *last_data_{};
+#endif
 };
 
 }  // namespace font
diff --git a/esphome/components/lvgl/__init__.py b/esphome/components/lvgl/__init__.py
index 2a24f343c3..eaa37b54dd 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lvgl/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/lvgl/__init__.py
@@ -52,15 +52,7 @@ from .schemas import (
 from .styles import add_top_layer, styles_to_code, theme_to_code
 from .touchscreens import touchscreen_schema, touchscreens_to_code
 from .trigger import add_on_boot_triggers, generate_triggers
-from .types import (
-    FontEngine,
-    IdleTrigger,
-    PlainTrigger,
-    lv_font_t,
-    lv_group_t,
-    lv_style_t,
-    lvgl_ns,
-)
+from .types import IdleTrigger, PlainTrigger, lv_font_t, lv_group_t, lv_style_t, lvgl_ns
 from .widgets import (
     LvScrActType,
     Widget,
@@ -244,7 +236,6 @@ async def to_code(configs):
     cg.add_global(lvgl_ns.using)
     for font in helpers.esphome_fonts_used:
         await cg.get_variable(font)
-        cg.new_Pvariable(ID(f"{font}_engine", True, type=FontEngine), MockObj(font))
     default_font = config_0[df.CONF_DEFAULT_FONT]
     if not lvalid.is_lv_font(default_font):
         add_define(
@@ -256,7 +247,8 @@ async def to_code(configs):
             type=lv_font_t.operator("ptr").operator("const"),
         )
         cg.new_variable(
-            globfont_id, MockObj(await lvalid.lv_font.process(default_font))
+            globfont_id,
+            MockObj(await lvalid.lv_font.process(default_font), "->").get_lv_font(),
         )
         add_define("LV_FONT_DEFAULT", df.DEFAULT_ESPHOME_FONT)
     else:
diff --git a/esphome/components/lvgl/font.cpp b/esphome/components/lvgl/font.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 1976fb9608..0000000000
--- a/esphome/components/lvgl/font.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#include "lvgl_esphome.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_LVGL_FONT
-namespace esphome {
-namespace lvgl {
-
-static const uint8_t *get_glyph_bitmap(const lv_font_t *font, uint32_t unicode_letter) {
-  auto *fe = (FontEngine *) font->dsc;
-  const auto *gd = fe->get_glyph_data(unicode_letter);
-  if (gd == nullptr)
-    return nullptr;
-  // esph_log_d(TAG, "Returning bitmap @  %X", (uint32_t)gd->data);
-
-  return gd->data;
-}
-
-static bool get_glyph_dsc_cb(const lv_font_t *font, lv_font_glyph_dsc_t *dsc, uint32_t unicode_letter, uint32_t next) {
-  auto *fe = (FontEngine *) font->dsc;
-  const auto *gd = fe->get_glyph_data(unicode_letter);
-  if (gd == nullptr)
-    return false;
-  dsc->adv_w = gd->advance;
-  dsc->ofs_x = gd->offset_x;
-  dsc->ofs_y = fe->height - gd->height - gd->offset_y - fe->baseline;
-  dsc->box_w = gd->width;
-  dsc->box_h = gd->height;
-  dsc->is_placeholder = 0;
-  dsc->bpp = fe->bpp;
-  return true;
-}
-
-FontEngine::FontEngine(font::Font *esp_font) : font_(esp_font) {
-  this->bpp = esp_font->get_bpp();
-  this->lv_font_.dsc = this;
-  this->lv_font_.line_height = this->height = esp_font->get_height();
-  this->lv_font_.base_line = this->baseline = this->lv_font_.line_height - esp_font->get_baseline();
-  this->lv_font_.get_glyph_dsc = get_glyph_dsc_cb;
-  this->lv_font_.get_glyph_bitmap = get_glyph_bitmap;
-  this->lv_font_.subpx = LV_FONT_SUBPX_NONE;
-  this->lv_font_.underline_position = -1;
-  this->lv_font_.underline_thickness = 1;
-}
-
-const lv_font_t *FontEngine::get_lv_font() { return &this->lv_font_; }
-
-const font::Glyph *FontEngine::get_glyph_data(uint32_t unicode_letter) {
-  if (unicode_letter == last_letter_)
-    return this->last_data_;
-  uint8_t unicode[5];
-  memset(unicode, 0, sizeof unicode);
-  if (unicode_letter > 0xFFFF) {
-    unicode[0] = 0xF0 + ((unicode_letter >> 18) & 0x7);
-    unicode[1] = 0x80 + ((unicode_letter >> 12) & 0x3F);
-    unicode[2] = 0x80 + ((unicode_letter >> 6) & 0x3F);
-    unicode[3] = 0x80 + (unicode_letter & 0x3F);
-  } else if (unicode_letter > 0x7FF) {
-    unicode[0] = 0xE0 + ((unicode_letter >> 12) & 0xF);
-    unicode[1] = 0x80 + ((unicode_letter >> 6) & 0x3F);
-    unicode[2] = 0x80 + (unicode_letter & 0x3F);
-  } else if (unicode_letter > 0x7F) {
-    unicode[0] = 0xC0 + ((unicode_letter >> 6) & 0x1F);
-    unicode[1] = 0x80 + (unicode_letter & 0x3F);
-  } else {
-    unicode[0] = unicode_letter;
-  }
-  int match_length;
-  int glyph_n = this->font_->match_next_glyph(unicode, &match_length);
-  if (glyph_n < 0)
-    return nullptr;
-  this->last_data_ = &this->font_->get_glyphs()[glyph_n];
-  this->last_letter_ = unicode_letter;
-  return this->last_data_;
-}
-}  // namespace lvgl
-}  // namespace esphome
-#endif  // USES_LVGL_FONT
diff --git a/esphome/components/lvgl/lv_validation.py b/esphome/components/lvgl/lv_validation.py
index 045258555c..23c322c31f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lvgl/lv_validation.py
+++ b/esphome/components/lvgl/lv_validation.py
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ class LvFont(LValidator):
                 return LV_FONTS
             if is_lv_font(value):
                 return lv_builtin_font(value)
+            add_lv_use("font")
             fontval = cv.use_id(Font)(value)
             esphome_fonts_used.add(fontval)
             return requires_component("font")(fontval)
@@ -502,7 +503,9 @@ class LvFont(LValidator):
     async def process(self, value, args=()):
         if is_lv_font(value):
             return literal(f"&lv_font_{value}")
-        return literal(f"{value}_engine->get_lv_font()")
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            return literal(f"{value}")
+        return await super().process(value, args)
 
 
 lv_font = LvFont()
diff --git a/esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_esphome.h b/esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_esphome.h
index 196a0d1cb4..bd6f1fdb61 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_esphome.h
+++ b/esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_esphome.h
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ static const display::ColorBitness LV_BITNESS = display::ColorBitness::COLOR_BIT
 static const display::ColorBitness LV_BITNESS = display::ColorBitness::COLOR_BITNESS_332;
 #endif  // LV_COLOR_DEPTH
 
+#ifdef USE_LVGL_FONT
+inline void lv_obj_set_style_text_font(lv_obj_t *obj, const font::Font *font, lv_style_selector_t part) {
+  lv_obj_set_style_text_font(obj, font->get_lv_font(), part);
+}
+inline void lv_style_set_text_font(lv_style_t *style, const font::Font *font) {
+  lv_style_set_text_font(style, font->get_lv_font());
+}
+#endif
 #ifdef USE_LVGL_IMAGE
 // Shortcut / overload, so that the source of an image can easily be updated
 // from within a lambda.
@@ -134,24 +142,6 @@ template<typename... Ts> class ObjUpdateAction : public Action<Ts...> {
  protected:
   std::function<void(Ts...)> lamb_;
 };
-#ifdef USE_LVGL_FONT
-class FontEngine {
- public:
-  FontEngine(font::Font *esp_font);
-  const lv_font_t *get_lv_font();
-
-  const font::Glyph *get_glyph_data(uint32_t unicode_letter);
-  uint16_t baseline{};
-  uint16_t height{};
-  uint8_t bpp{};
-
- protected:
-  font::Font *font_{};
-  uint32_t last_letter_{};
-  const font::Glyph *last_data_{};
-  lv_font_t lv_font_{};
-};
-#endif  // USE_LVGL_FONT
 #ifdef USE_LVGL_ANIMIMG
 void lv_animimg_stop(lv_obj_t *obj);
 #endif  // USE_LVGL_ANIMIMG
diff --git a/esphome/components/lvgl/types.py b/esphome/components/lvgl/types.py
index 035320b6ac..b99c0ad5a3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lvgl/types.py
+++ b/esphome/components/lvgl/types.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ lv_coord_t = cg.global_ns.namespace("lv_coord_t")
 lv_event_code_t = cg.global_ns.enum("lv_event_code_t")
 lv_indev_type_t = cg.global_ns.enum("lv_indev_type_t")
 lv_key_t = cg.global_ns.enum("lv_key_t")
-FontEngine = lvgl_ns.class_("FontEngine")
 PlainTrigger = esphome_ns.class_("Trigger<>", automation.Trigger.template())
 DrawEndTrigger = esphome_ns.class_(
     "Trigger<uint32_t, uint32_t>", automation.Trigger.template(cg.uint32, cg.uint32)
diff --git a/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml b/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
index d7c342b16e..e42a813b40 100644
--- a/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ lvgl:
       line_width: 8
       line_rounded: true
     - id: date_style
-      text_font: roboto10
+      text_font: !lambda return id(roboto10);
       align: center
       text_color: !lambda return color_id2;
       bg_opa: cover
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ lvgl:
               snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Setup: %d", 42);
               return std::string(buf);
             align: top_mid
-            text_font: space16
+            text_font: !lambda return id(space16);
         - label:
             id: chip_info_label
             # Test complex setup lambda (real-world pattern)
diff --git a/tests/components/lvgl/test.host.yaml b/tests/components/lvgl/test.host.yaml
index 39d9a0ebf3..00a8cd8c01 100644
--- a/tests/components/lvgl/test.host.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/lvgl/test.host.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ touchscreen:
 
 lvgl:
   - id: lvgl_0
+    default_font: space16
     displays: sdl0
   - id: lvgl_1
     displays: sdl1
@@ -39,3 +40,8 @@ lvgl:
                 text: Click ME
           on_click:
             logger.log: Clicked
+
+font:
+  - file: "gfonts://Roboto"
+    id: space16
+    bpp: 4