diff --git a/Marks/MarksApp.swift b/Marks/MarksApp.swift
index ed6a8e2..8b0555d 100644
--- a/Marks/MarksApp.swift
+++ b/Marks/MarksApp.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ private let defaultConfig = ServerConfig(
 struct MarksApp: App {
     @State private var serverConfig: ServerConfig = ServerConfig.load() ?? defaultConfig
 
+    init() { PaperAppearance.apply() }
+
     var body: some Scene {
         WindowGroup {
             MainContainer(config: serverConfig) {
diff --git a/Marks/Views/Library/LibraryKit.swift b/Marks/Views/Library/LibraryKit.swift
index 53d35ba..b5da6e8 100644
--- a/Marks/Views/Library/LibraryKit.swift
+++ b/Marks/Views/Library/LibraryKit.swift
@@ -83,11 +83,20 @@ enum Paper {
     }
 
     static func dynamic(light: UInt32, dark: UInt32) -> Color {
-        Color(uiColor: UIColor { traits in
-            UIColor(rgb: traits.userInterfaceStyle == .dark ? dark : light)
-        })
+        Color(uiColor: dynamicUI(light: light, dark: dark))
     }
 
+    static func dynamicUI(light: UInt32, dark: UInt32) -> UIColor {
+        UIColor { traits in
+            UIColor(rgb: traits.userInterfaceStyle == .dark ? dark : light)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// UIKit equivalents, for the chrome SwiftUI can't reach — chiefly the
+    /// navigation bar, whose title font has no SwiftUI API at all.
+    static let uiSheet = dynamicUI(light: 0xF8F5EF, dark: 0x15130F)
+    static let uiInk = dynamicUI(light: 0x14110C, dark: 0xF1ECE1)
+
     static func luminance(of hex: UInt32) -> Double {
         let r = Double((hex >> 16) & 0xFF) / 255
         let g = Double((hex >> 8) & 0xFF) / 255
@@ -154,6 +163,56 @@ extension View {
     }
 }
 
+// MARK: - UIKit chrome
+
+/// The navigation and tab bars are UIKit underneath, and their fonts have no
+/// SwiftUI equivalent — `navigationTitle` will render in the system bold sans
+/// whatever you do to the view. Both are configured once at launch so screen
+/// titles speak the same serif as the content beneath them.
+enum PaperAppearance {
+    static func apply() {
+        let bar = UINavigationBarAppearance()
+        // Transparent, not opaque: the screens already paint the paper ground
+        // themselves, and an opaque bar config stops iOS 26 laying out the
+        // large title at all.
+        bar.configureWithTransparentBackground()
+        bar.largeTitleTextAttributes = [
+            .font: serif(34, weight: .regular),
+            .foregroundColor: Paper.uiInk,
+        ]
+        bar.titleTextAttributes = [
+            .font: serif(17, weight: .medium),
+            .foregroundColor: Paper.uiInk,
+        ]
+        UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = bar
+        UINavigationBar.appearance().compactAppearance = bar
+        UINavigationBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = bar
+
+        let tabs = UITabBarAppearance()
+        tabs.configureWithDefaultBackground()
+        let label: [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] = [
+            .font: UIFont.monospacedSystemFont(ofSize: 10, weight: .medium)
+        ]
+        for item in [tabs.stackedLayoutAppearance,
+                     tabs.inlineLayoutAppearance,
+                     tabs.compactInlineLayoutAppearance] {
+            item.normal.titleTextAttributes = label
+            item.selected.titleTextAttributes = label
+        }
+        UITabBar.appearance().standardAppearance = tabs
+        UITabBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = tabs
+    }
+
+    /// `withDesign(.serif)` is the only route to the system serif in UIKit, and
+    /// it returns nil if the design is unavailable — fall back rather than
+    /// force-unwrap a font.
+    private static func serif(_ size: CGFloat, weight: UIFont.Weight) -> UIFont {
+        let base = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: size, weight: weight)
+        guard let descriptor = base.fontDescriptor.withDesign(.serif) else { return base }
+        return UIFont(descriptor: descriptor, size: size)
+    }
+}
+
 // MARK: - Empty state
 
 /// The paper equivalent of `ContentUnavailableView`, which can't be restyled —