diff --git a/assets/fonts/helvetica.ttf b/assets/fonts/helvetica.ttf
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d99761..0000000
Binary files a/assets/fonts/helvetica.ttf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/primitives/envelopes.jl b/src/primitives/envelopes.jl
index 4460a21..a6070cd 100644
--- a/src/primitives/envelopes.jl
+++ b/src/primitives/envelopes.jl
@@ -119,11 +119,7 @@ end
 
 @memoize function load_font(fontfamily)
     face = FreeTypeAbstraction.findfont(fontfamily)
-    if isnothing(face)
-        fontname = "helvetica.ttf"
-        fpath = joinpath(FONTS, fontname)
-        face = FreeTypeAbstraction.try_load(fpath)
-    end
+    isnothing(face) && throw(DomainError(fontfamily, "font family could not be loaded"))
     return face
 end