diff --git a/packages/melonjs/src/loader/loader.js b/packages/melonjs/src/loader/loader.js
index d241dd311..fd2cc46bc 100644
--- a/packages/melonjs/src/loader/loader.js
+++ b/packages/melonjs/src/loader/loader.js
@@ -522,6 +522,12 @@ export function load(asset, onload, onerror) {
 		initParsers();
 	}
 
+	const parser = parsers.get(asset.type);
+
+	if (typeof parser === "undefined") {
+		throw new Error("load : unknown or invalid resource type : " + asset.type);
+	}
+
 	// Resolve the effective src WITHOUT mutating the caller's asset
 	// descriptor: load() used to write the transformed url back into
 	// asset.src, so retrying the same object — loader.reload() after a
@@ -531,20 +537,17 @@ export function load(asset, onload, onerror) {
 	// caller's original src; only the parser sees the resolved one.
 	let src = asset.src;
 
-	// strip url() wrapper for fontface assets so baseURL can be prepended to the raw path
-	if (asset.type === "fontface" && typeof src === "string") {
-		const urlMatch = src.match(/^url\(\s*['"]?(.*?)['"]?\s*\)$/);
-		if (urlMatch) {
-			src = urlMatch[1];
-		}
+	// Let the parser normalize its source before applying the shared base URL.
+	if (typeof src === "string") {
+		src = parser.resolveSrc?.(src) ?? src;
 	}
 
-	// transform the url if necessary (skip for local() font sources and data URIs)
+	// Data URIs and parser-specific sources do not need a base URL.
 	if (
 		typeof baseURL[asset.type] !== "undefined" &&
 		typeof src === "string" &&
-		!src.startsWith("local(") &&
-		!src.startsWith("data:")
+		!src.startsWith("data:") &&
+		!parser.skipBaseURL?.(src)
 	) {
 		src = baseURL[asset.type] + src;
 	}
@@ -552,12 +555,6 @@ export function load(asset, onload, onerror) {
 	const resource =
 		src === asset.src ? asset : Object.assign({}, asset, { src });
 
-	const parser = parsers.get(asset.type);
-
-	if (typeof parser === "undefined") {
-		throw new Error("load : unknown or invalid resource type : " + asset.type);
-	}
-
 	const settings = {
 		nocache: nocache,
 		crossOrigin: crossOrigin,
diff --git a/packages/melonjs/src/loader/parsers/fontface.js b/packages/melonjs/src/loader/parsers/fontface.js
index 80f490fb7..04fdb7495 100644
--- a/packages/melonjs/src/loader/parsers/fontface.js
+++ b/packages/melonjs/src/loader/parsers/fontface.js
@@ -70,3 +70,26 @@ export function preloadFontFace(data, onload, onerror) {
 
 	return 1;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Unwrap a CSS URL before the loader prefixes the font's base URL.
+ * @param {string} src - font source descriptor
+ * @returns {string} source path or unchanged descriptor
+ * @ignore
+ * @internal
+ */
+preloadFontFace.resolveSrc = (src) => {
+	const urlMatch = src.match(/^url\(\s*['"]?(.*?)['"]?\s*\)$/);
+	return urlMatch ? urlMatch[1] : src;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Installed font names are not paths relative to the asset base URL.
+ * @param {string} src - font source descriptor
+ * @returns {boolean} whether the base URL should be skipped
+ * @ignore
+ * @internal
+ */
+preloadFontFace.skipBaseURL = (src) => {
+	return src.startsWith("local(");
+};
diff --git a/packages/melonjs/tests/loader-src-resolution.spec.js b/packages/melonjs/tests/loader-src-resolution.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4f434953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/melonjs/tests/loader-src-resolution.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { boot, loader } from "../src/index.js";
+import { preloadFontFace } from "../src/loader/parsers/fontface.js";
+
+describe("parser-owned source resolution", () => {
+	const type = "font-source-probe";
+	let received;
+
+	beforeAll(() => {
+		boot();
+		const parser = (asset, onload) => {
+			received = asset.src;
+			onload();
+			return 1;
+		};
+		// Use the font parser's rules under another type, so resolution cannot
+		// depend on the loader recognizing the name "fontface".
+		Object.assign(parser, {
+			resolveSrc: preloadFontFace.resolveSrc,
+			skipBaseURL: preloadFontFace.skipBaseURL,
+		});
+		loader.setParser(type, parser);
+		loader.setBaseURL(type, "fonts/");
+	});
+
+	afterAll(() => {
+		loader.setBaseURL(type, "");
+	});
+
+	it.each([
+		["test.woff2", "fonts/test.woff2"],
+		["url(test.woff2)", "fonts/test.woff2"],
+		["url('test.woff2')", "fonts/test.woff2"],
+		['url( "Test Font.woff2" )', "fonts/Test Font.woff2"],
+		["local('Test Font')", "local('Test Font')"],
+		["data:font/woff2;base64,AA==", "data:font/woff2;base64,AA=="],
+		["url('data:font/woff2;base64,AA==')", "data:font/woff2;base64,AA=="],
+	])("resolves %s without changing the manifest", async (src, expected) => {
+		const asset = Object.freeze({ name: "source-probe", type, src });
+		await loader.load(asset);
+		expect(received).toBe(expected);
+		expect(asset.src).toBe(src);
+		// Retrying the same entry must not prepend the base URL twice.
+		await loader.load(asset);
+		expect(received).toBe(expected);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/melonjs/tests/loader.spec.js b/packages/melonjs/tests/loader.spec.js
index 0db9b9535..b60412faf 100644
--- a/packages/melonjs/tests/loader.spec.js
+++ b/packages/melonjs/tests/loader.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { audio, boot, event, loader } from "../src/index.js";
 import { fontList, videoList } from "../src/loader/cache.js";
+import { preloadFontFace } from "../src/loader/parsers/fontface.js";
 
 describe("loader", () => {
 	let audioURI;
@@ -275,14 +276,15 @@ describe("loader", () => {
 		loader.setBaseURL("fontface", "assets/");
 		const receivedSrc = [];
 
-		// stub fontface parser to capture the resolved src
-		loader.setParser("fontface", (data, onload) => {
+		// Capture the resolved src while retaining the font parser's rules.
+		const parser = (data, onload) => {
 			receivedSrc.push(data.src);
 			if (typeof onload === "function") {
 				onload();
 			}
 			return 1;
-		});
+		};
+		loader.setParser("fontface", Object.assign(parser, preloadFontFace));
 
 		// plain path
 		loader.load(
@@ -307,6 +309,7 @@ describe("loader", () => {
 
 		// reset
 		loader.setBaseURL("fontface", "./");
+		loader.setParser("fontface", preloadFontFace);
 	});
 
 	it("should not strip local() wrapper from fontface src", () => {
@@ -314,13 +317,14 @@ describe("loader", () => {
 		loader.setBaseURL("fontface", "./");
 		const receivedSrc = [];
 
-		loader.setParser("fontface", (data, onload) => {
+		const parser = (data, onload) => {
 			receivedSrc.push(data.src);
 			if (typeof onload === "function") {
 				onload();
 			}
 			return 1;
-		});
+		};
+		loader.setParser("fontface", Object.assign(parser, preloadFontFace));
 
 		loader.load(
 			{ name: "font4", type: "fontface", src: "local('My Font')" },
@@ -328,6 +332,7 @@ describe("loader", () => {
 		);
 
 		expect(receivedSrc[0]).toBe("local('My Font')");
+		loader.setParser("fontface", preloadFontFace);
 	});
 
 	it("should configure loader options", () => {