diff --git a/aligner/src/main/java/org/omegat/gui/align/AlignFilePickerController.java b/aligner/src/main/java/org/omegat/gui/align/AlignFilePickerController.java
index 8e6b5be560..eb105cb658 100644
--- a/aligner/src/main/java/org/omegat/gui/align/AlignFilePickerController.java
+++ b/aligner/src/main/java/org/omegat/gui/align/AlignFilePickerController.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 import org.omegat.util.StringUtil;
 import org.omegat.util.gui.LanguageComboBoxRenderer;
 import org.omegat.util.gui.StaticUIUtils;
+import org.omegat.util.gui.UIDesignManager;
 
 /**
  * Controller for align file picker UI
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true");
 
         Preferences.init();
-        Core.initializeGUI(Collections.emptyMap());
+        UIDesignManager.initialize();
         PluginUtils.loadPlugins(Collections.emptyMap());
         FilterMaster.setFilterClasses(PluginUtils.getFilterClasses());
         Core.setFilterMaster(new FilterMaster(FilterMaster.createDefaultFiltersConfig()));
diff --git a/aligner/src/main/java/org/omegat/gui/align/AlignPanelController.java b/aligner/src/main/java/org/omegat/gui/align/AlignPanelController.java
index cf139e5c15..2cd3bce2ee 100644
--- a/aligner/src/main/java/org/omegat/gui/align/AlignPanelController.java
+++ b/aligner/src/main/java/org/omegat/gui/align/AlignPanelController.java
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 import org.omegat.util.Preferences;
 import org.omegat.util.StringUtil;
 import org.omegat.util.gui.DelegatingComboBoxRenderer;
+import org.omegat.util.gui.FontUtil;
 import org.omegat.util.gui.RoundedCornerBorder;
 import org.omegat.util.gui.Styles;
 
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
 
         alignPanel.table.setTransferHandler(new AlignTransferHandler());
         alignPanel.table.addPropertyChangeListener("dropLocation", new DropLocationListener());
-        alignPanel.table.setFont(Core.getMainWindow().getApplicationFont());
+        alignPanel.table.setFont(FontUtil.getScaledFont());
         CoreEvents.registerFontChangedEventListener(alignPanel.table::setFont);
 
         // Set initial state