diff --git a/Core/HDRemaster.cpp b/Core/HDRemaster.cpp
index f7869687a9..b593b68eb4 100644
--- a/Core/HDRemaster.cpp
+++ b/Core/HDRemaster.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@
 
 bool g_RemasterMode;
 bool g_DoubleTextureCoordinates;
+bool g_RemasterHLEFonts;
 
 // TODO: Do all of the remasters aside from Monster Hunter/Shin Sangoku use double texture coordinates?
 extern const struct HDRemaster g_HDRemasters[] = {
-	{ "NPJB40001", 0x04000000, false }, // MONSTER HUNTER PORTABLE 3rd HD Ver.
+	// It only ever ran in the PS3's emulator, never on a PSP. Its unofficial Simplified Chinese
+	// translation renders no Chinese text with the firmware's sceFont and fonts (#22982).
+	{ "NPJB40001", 0x04000000, false, nullptr, true }, // MONSTER HUNTER PORTABLE 3rd HD Ver.
 	{ "NPJB40002", 0x04000000, true }, // K-ON Houkago Live HD Ver
 	{ "NPJB40003", 0x04000000, false }, // Shin Sangoku Musou Multi Raid 2 HD Ver
 	{ "ULJM05170", 0x04000000, true, "ULJM-05170|55C069C631B22685|0001|G" }, // Eiyuu Densetsu Sora no Kiseki FC Kai HD Edition
diff --git a/Core/HDRemaster.h b/Core/HDRemaster.h
index 47884976ed..478078ef53 100644
--- a/Core/HDRemaster.h
+++ b/Core/HDRemaster.h
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ extern bool g_RemasterMode;
 
 extern bool g_DoubleTextureCoordinates;
 
+// Keep sceFont HLE'd and give it our own fonts, never the firmware's.
+extern bool g_RemasterHLEFonts;
+
 struct HDRemaster {
 	const char *gameID;
 	u32 memorySize;
 	bool doubleTextureCoordinates;
 	const char *umdDataValue;
+	bool hleFonts;
 };
 
 extern const struct HDRemaster g_HDRemasters[];
diff --git a/Core/HLE/HLE.cpp b/Core/HLE/HLE.cpp
index 7c4d31e3ab..b404f90c80 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/HLE.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/HLE.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.h"
 #include "Core/HLE/sceFont.h"
 #include "Core/FileSystems/MetaFileSystem.h"
+#include "Core/HDRemaster.h"
 #include "Core/HLE/HLE.h"
 
 enum {
@@ -424,7 +425,11 @@ void HLECheckModuleAvailability() {
 
 	// libfont.prx/sceFont is shipped on game discs but reads its fonts from flash0:/font and has
 	// nothing to fall back on, so the fonts are required.
-	if (AlwaysDisableHLEFlags() & DisableHLEFlags::sceFont) {
+	if (g_RemasterHLEFonts) {
+		// Overrides the setting and the compat flag too.
+		g_unavailableDisableFlags |= DisableHLEFlags::sceFont;
+		INFO_LOG(Log::HLE, "This HD remaster needs the HLE sceFont and our fonts.");
+	} else if (AlwaysDisableHLEFlags() & DisableHLEFlags::sceFont) {
 		if (!NandFontsComplete()) {
 			g_unavailableDisableFlags |= DisableHLEFlags::sceFont;
 			INFO_LOG(Log::HLE, "flash0:/font doesn't have this firmware's fonts - using the HLE sceFont rather than the disc's.");
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceFont.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceFont.cpp
index 03a328b783..576cf5ef1b 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceFont.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceFont.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "Core/System.h"
 #include "Core/ELF/ParamSFO.h"
 #include "Core/Font/PGF.h"
+#include "Core/HDRemaster.h"
 #include "Core/Util/PathUtil.h"
 #include "Core/Util/PSARUnpack.h"
 #include "Common/Data/Text/I18n.h"
@@ -1001,8 +1002,12 @@ static void __LoadInternalFonts() {
 	const std::string gameFontPath = "disc0:/PSP_GAME/USRDIR/";
 
 	const bool checkClassicOverrides = pspFileSystem.GetFileInfo(fontOverridePath).exists;
+	// See g_HDRemasters. Our own fonts, from assets, then.
+	const bool useNand = !checkClassicOverrides && !g_RemasterHLEFonts;
 	if (checkClassicOverrides) {
 		WARN_LOG(Log::sceFont, "Classic font overrides active, ignoring NAND: %s", fontOverridePath.c_str());
+	} else if (g_RemasterHLEFonts) {
+		INFO_LOG(Log::sceFont, "Not using the NAND's fonts for this HD remaster");
 	} else if (!NandFontsComplete()) {
 		InstallFontsFromDiscUpdater();
 	}
@@ -1035,7 +1040,7 @@ static void __LoadInternalFonts() {
 			// No game font, let's try classic override path. NOTE: This is not recommended - use flash0.
 			fontFilename = fontOverridePath + entry.fileName;
 			bufferRead = pspFileSystem.ReadEntireFile(fontFilename, buffer, true) >= 0;
-		} else if (!bufferRead) {
+		} else if (useNand && !bufferRead) {
 			// The real fonts, from a firmware the user installed or that we took off a disc.
 			fontFilename = std::string(g_nandFontPath) + entry.fileName;
 			bufferRead = pspFileSystem.ReadEntireFile(fontFilename, buffer, true) >= 0;
diff --git a/Core/PSPLoaders.cpp b/Core/PSPLoaders.cpp
index a22ff33bd8..cfbbe49c67 100644
--- a/Core/PSPLoaders.cpp
+++ b/Core/PSPLoaders.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ void InitMemorySizeForGame() {
 		g_RemasterMode = true;
 		Memory::g_MemorySize = entry.memorySize;
 		g_DoubleTextureCoordinates = entry.doubleTextureCoordinates;
+		g_RemasterHLEFonts = entry.hleFonts;
 		break;
 	}
 	if (g_RemasterMode) {
diff --git a/Core/System.cpp b/Core/System.cpp
index a80a62fd52..8dc54d92c9 100644
--- a/Core/System.cpp
+++ b/Core/System.cpp
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ static bool CPU_Init(FileLoader *fileLoader, IdentifiedFileType type, std::strin
 
 	g_RemasterMode = false;
 	g_DoubleTextureCoordinates = false;
+	g_RemasterHLEFonts = false;
 	Memory::g_PSPModel = g_Config.iPSPModel;
 
 	g_CoreParameter.fileType = type;