diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/disassembler/DisassembledViewPlugin.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/disassembler/DisassembledViewPlugin.java
index 6a6a0e9885..bef8190a3e 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/disassembler/DisassembledViewPlugin.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/disassembler/DisassembledViewPlugin.java
@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@ public class DisassembledViewPlugin extends ProgramPlugin implements DomainObjec
 			// we need to do some custom rendering
 			contentList.setCellRenderer(new GListCellRenderer<DisassembledAddressInfo>() {
 
+				{
+					setBaseFontId(FieldFactory.BASE_LISTING_FONT_ID);
+				}
+
 				@Override
 				protected String getItemText(DisassembledAddressInfo value) {
 					return value.getAddressPreview(addressPreviewFormat);
@@ -406,8 +410,6 @@ public class DisassembledViewPlugin extends ProgramPlugin implements DomainObjec
 					super.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected,
 						cellHasFocus);
 
-					setFont(Gui.getFont(FieldFactory.BASE_LISTING_FONT_ID));
-
 					setToolTipText(TOOLTIP_TEXT_PREPEND +
 						HTMLUtilities.escapeHTML(currentLocation.getAddress().toString()));
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/AbstractGCellRenderer.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/AbstractGCellRenderer.java
index 8c7c5cff7e..0ad729d83b 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/AbstractGCellRenderer.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/AbstractGCellRenderer.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import generic.theme.GThemeDefaults.Colors.Palette;
 import generic.theme.GThemeDefaults.Colors.Tables;
 import generic.theme.laf.FontChangeListener;
 import ghidra.util.Msg;
+import ghidra.util.SystemUtilities;
 import util.CollectionUtils;
 import utilities.util.reflection.ReflectionUtilities;
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGCellRenderer extends GDHtmlLabel implements FontC
 	protected Font fixedWidthFont;
 	protected Font boldFont;
 	protected Font italicFont;
+	private boolean showedFontWarning;
 	protected int dropRow = -1;
 
 	private boolean instanceAlternateRowColors = true;
@@ -216,6 +218,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractGCellRenderer extends GDHtmlLabel implements FontC
 	}
 
 	protected void checkForInvalidSetFont(Font f) {
+
+		if (!SystemUtilities.isInDevelopmentMode()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (showedFontWarning) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		//
 		// Due to the nature of how setFont() is typically used (external client setup vs internal
 		// rendering), we created setBaseFontId() to allow external clients to set the base font in
@@ -231,6 +242,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGCellRenderer extends GDHtmlLabel implements FontC
 			return; // the UI will set fonts while the theme is updating
 		}
 
+		showedFontWarning = true;
 		String caller = ReflectionUtilities
 				.getClassNameOlderThan(AbstractGCellRenderer.class.getName(), "generic.theme");
 		Msg.debug(this, "Calling setFont() on the renderer is discouraged.  " +