diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
index afd2ae12b31..cd67e806dd8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
@@ -1129,7 +1129,11 @@ static QString getAssetDefaultDirectory(const QString &assetDir, const QString &
 
 AddFilesResult addFontToProject(const QStringList &fileNames, const QString &defaultDir, bool showDialog)
 {
-    return addFilesToProject(fileNames, getAssetDefaultDirectory("fonts", defaultDir), showDialog);
+    const AddFilesResult result = addFilesToProject(fileNames,
+                                                    getAssetDefaultDirectory("fonts", defaultDir),
+                                                    showDialog);
+    QmlDesignerPlugin::viewManager().view()->resetPuppet();
+    return result;
 }
 
 AddFilesResult addSoundToProject(const QStringList &fileNames, const QString &defaultDir, bool showDialog)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.cpp
index 0788e0e1121..062aefde089 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.cpp
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@ const AbstractView *ViewManager::view() const
     return &d->nodeInstanceView;
 }
 
+AbstractView *ViewManager::view()
+{
+    return &d->nodeInstanceView;
+}
+
 TextEditorView *ViewManager::textEditorView()
 {
     return &d->textEditorView;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.h
index 08bbb313053..1ca067f213d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public:
     void nextFileIsCalledInternally();
 
     const AbstractView *view() const;
+    AbstractView *view();
     TextEditorView *textEditorView();
 
     void emitCustomNotification(const QString &identifier, const QList<ModelNode> &nodeList,