diff --git a/frontend/document/credocument.lua b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
index 8ec52d0d0..7501be049 100644
--- a/frontend/document/credocument.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ function CreDocument:engineInit()
         -- we need to initialize the CRE font list
         local fonts = Font:getFontList()
         for _k, _v in ipairs(fonts) do
-            if _v ~= "Dingbats.cff" and _v ~= "StandardSymL.cff" then
+            if _v ~= "Dingbats.cff" and _v ~= "StandardSymL.cff"
+                    and _v:sub(1, 6) ~= "Nimbus" then
                 local ok, err = pcall(cre.registerFont, Font.fontdir..'/'.._v)
                 if not ok then
                     DEBUG(err)