diff --git a/.changeset/violet-nails-accept.md b/.changeset/violet-nails-accept.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26e397155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-nails-accept.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@react-pdf/font': patch
+---
+
+fix: ability to load fonts by relative URL in browsers
diff --git a/packages/font/src/font.js b/packages/font/src/font.js
index bcd3260b0..44595010b 100644
--- a/packages/font/src/font.js
+++ b/packages/font/src/font.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class FontSource {
     if (isDataUrl(this.src)) {
       const raw = this.src.split(',')[1];
       this.data = fontkit.create(toUint8Array(raw), postscriptName);
-    } else if (isUrl(this.src)) {
+    } else if (BROWSER || isUrl(this.src)) {
       const { headers, body, method = 'GET' } = this.options;
       const data = await fetchFont(this.src, { method, body, headers });
       this.data = fontkit.create(data, postscriptName);