diff --git a/packages/frontend/core/src/components/affine/setting-modal/general-setting/editor/general.tsx b/packages/frontend/core/src/components/affine/setting-modal/general-setting/editor/general.tsx
index c7a5615fcf..f0d8199b72 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/core/src/components/affine/setting-modal/general-setting/editor/general.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend/core/src/components/affine/setting-modal/general-setting/editor/general.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ import {
   useLiveData,
   useService,
 } from '@toeverything/infra';
-import { type ChangeEvent, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+  type ChangeEvent,
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useState,
+} from 'react';
 
 import { menu, menuTrigger, searchInput, settingWrapper } from './style.css';
 
@@ -92,29 +98,32 @@ const getFontFamily = (font: string) => `${font}, ${fontStyleOptions[0].value}`;
 
 const FontMenuItems = ({ onSelect }: { onSelect: (font: string) => void }) => {
   const systemFontFamily = useService(SystemFontFamilyService).systemFontFamily;
-  const systemFontList = useLiveData(systemFontFamily.fontList$);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    systemFontFamily.loadFontList();
+    systemFontFamily.clearSearch();
+  }, [systemFontFamily]);
+
   const isLoading = useLiveData(systemFontFamily.isLoading$);
   const result = useLiveData(systemFontFamily.result$);
   const searchText = useLiveData(systemFontFamily.searchText$);
 
-  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState('');
-  const onInputChange = useCallback((e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    setInputValue(e.target.value);
-  }, []);
+  const onInputChange = useCallback(
+    (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+      systemFontFamily.search(e.target.value);
+    },
+    [systemFontFamily]
+  );
   const onInputKeyDown = useCallback(
     (e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-      if (e.key === 'Enter') {
-        systemFontFamily.search(inputValue);
-      } else if (e.key === 'Backspace' || e.key === 'Escape') {
-        systemFontFamily.clearSearch();
-      }
+      e.stopPropagation(); // avoid typeahead search built-in in the menu
     },
-    [inputValue, systemFontFamily]
+    []
   );
+
   return (
     <div>
       <input
-        value={inputValue}
+        value={searchText ?? ''}
         onChange={onInputChange}
         onKeyDown={onInputKeyDown}
         autoFocus
@@ -131,12 +140,8 @@ const FontMenuItems = ({ onSelect }: { onSelect: (font: string) => void }) => {
               result.map(font => (
                 <FontMenuItem key={font} font={font} onSelect={onSelect} />
               ))
-            ) : searchText && searchText.length > 0 ? (
-              <div>not found</div>
             ) : (
-              systemFontList.map(font => (
-                <FontMenuItem key={font} font={font} onSelect={onSelect} />
-              ))
+              <div>not found</div>
             )}
           </Scrollable.Viewport>
           <Scrollable.Scrollbar />
diff --git a/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/system-font-family/entities/system-font-family.ts b/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/system-font-family/entities/system-font-family.ts
index bd08e6d8e8..8412878dbf 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/system-font-family/entities/system-font-family.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/system-font-family/entities/system-font-family.ts
@@ -1,79 +1,61 @@
-import { DebugLogger } from '@affine/debug';
 import { apis } from '@affine/electron-api';
-import { Entity, LiveData } from '@toeverything/infra';
 import {
-  debounceTime,
-  distinctUntilChanged,
-  of,
-  shareReplay,
-  switchMap,
-  tap,
-} from 'rxjs';
-
-const logger = new DebugLogger('affine:system-font-family');
+  effect,
+  Entity,
+  fromPromise,
+  LiveData,
+  mapInto,
+  onComplete,
+  onStart,
+} from '@toeverything/infra';
+import { exhaustMap } from 'rxjs';
 
 export class SystemFontFamily extends Entity {
   constructor() {
     super();
-    this.loadFontList().catch(error => {
-      logger.error('Failed to load system font list', error);
-    });
   }
 
   readonly searchText$ = new LiveData<string | null>(null);
   readonly isLoading$ = new LiveData<boolean>(false);
   readonly fontList$ = new LiveData<string[]>([]);
-  readonly result$ = LiveData.from(
-    this.searchText$.pipe(
-      distinctUntilChanged(),
-      debounceTime(500),
-      switchMap(searchText => {
-        if (!searchText) {
-          return of([]);
+  readonly result$ = LiveData.computed(get => {
+    const fontList = get(this.fontList$);
+    const searchText = get(this.searchText$);
+    if (!searchText) {
+      return fontList;
+    }
+
+    const filteredFonts = fontList.filter(font =>
+      font.toLowerCase().includes(searchText.toLowerCase())
+    );
+    return filteredFonts;
+  }).throttleTime(500);
+
+  loadFontList = effect(
+    exhaustMap(() => {
+      return fromPromise(async () => {
+        if (!apis?.fontList) {
+          return [];
         }
-        return this.fontList$.pipe(
-          tap(() => {
-            this.isLoading$.next(true);
-          }),
-          switchMap(fontList => {
-            const filteredFonts = fontList.filter(font =>
-              font.toLowerCase().includes(searchText.toLowerCase())
-            );
-            this.isLoading$.next(false);
-            return of(filteredFonts);
-          })
-        );
-      }),
-      shareReplay({
-        bufferSize: 1,
-        refCount: true,
-      })
-    ),
-    []
+        return apis.fontList.getSystemFonts();
+      }).pipe(
+        mapInto(this.fontList$),
+        // TODO: catchErrorInto(this.error$),
+        onStart(() => {
+          this.isLoading$.next(true);
+        }),
+        onComplete(() => {
+          this.isLoading$.next(false);
+        })
+      );
+    })
   );
 
-  async loadFontList() {
-    if (!apis?.fontList) {
-      return;
-    }
-    try {
-      this.isLoading$.next(true);
-      const fontList = await apis.fontList.getSystemFonts();
-      this.fontList$.next(fontList);
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.error('Failed to load system font list', error);
-    } finally {
-      this.isLoading$.next(false);
-    }
-  }
-
   search(searchText: string) {
-    if (!this.searchText$.value) return;
     this.searchText$.next(searchText);
   }
 
   clearSearch() {
-    if (!this.searchText$.value) return;
     this.searchText$.next(null);
   }
 }