diff --git a/.changeset/stupid-dots-do.md b/.changeset/stupid-dots-do.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..594fa9536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stupid-dots-do.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'mermaid': patch
+---
+
+fix: Gantt, Sankey and User Journey diagram are now able to pick font-family from mermaid config.
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/gantt/styles.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/gantt/styles.js
index 626ed4e0f..5b53a1b07 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/gantt/styles.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/gantt/styles.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const getStyles = (options) =>
   `
   .mermaid-main-font {
-    font-family: var(--mermaid-font-family, "trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif);
+        font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
   }
 
   .exclude-range {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const getStyles = (options) =>
 
   .sectionTitle {
     text-anchor: start;
-    font-family: var(--mermaid-font-family, "trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif);
+    font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
   }
 
 
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ const getStyles = (options) =>
 
   .taskText {
     text-anchor: middle;
-    font-family: var(--mermaid-font-family, "trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif);
+    font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
   }
 
   .taskTextOutsideRight {
     fill: ${options.taskTextDarkColor};
     text-anchor: start;
-    font-family: var(--mermaid-font-family, "trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif);
+    font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
   }
 
   .taskTextOutsideLeft {
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ const getStyles = (options) =>
     text-anchor: middle;
     font-size: 18px;
     fill: ${options.titleColor || options.textColor};
-    font-family: var(--mermaid-font-family, "trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif);
+    font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
   }
 `;
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyDiagram.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyDiagram.ts
index 6fed435ac..54aa40a78 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyDiagram.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyDiagram.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import parser from './parser/sankey.jison';
 import db from './sankeyDB.js';
 import renderer from './sankeyRenderer.js';
 import { prepareTextForParsing } from './sankeyUtils.js';
+import sankeyStyles from './styles.js';
 
 const originalParse = parser.parse.bind(parser);
 parser.parse = (text: string) => originalParse(prepareTextForParsing(text));
 
 export const diagram: DiagramDefinition = {
+  styles: sankeyStyles,
   parser,
   db,
   renderer,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyRenderer.ts
index a981a346e..5e3f04173 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyRenderer.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, _version: string, diagOb
   svg
     .append('g')
     .attr('class', 'node-labels')
-    .attr('font-family', 'sans-serif')
     .attr('font-size', 14)
     .selectAll('text')
     .data(graph.nodes)
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/styles.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/styles.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eafb62b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/styles.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const getStyles = (options) =>
+  `.label {
+      font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
+    }`;
+
+export default getStyles;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/user-journey/styles.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/user-journey/styles.js
index 998a73894..9cdbcd12e 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/user-journey/styles.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/user-journey/styles.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const getStyles = (options) =>
   `.label {
-    font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif;
-    font-family: var(--mermaid-font-family);
+    font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
     color: ${options.textColor};
   }
   .mouth {
@@ -79,8 +78,7 @@ const getStyles = (options) =>
     text-align: center;
     max-width: 200px;
     padding: 2px;
-    font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif;
-    font-family: var(--mermaid-font-family);
+    font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
     font-size: 12px;
     background: ${options.tertiaryColor};
     border: 1px solid ${options.border2};