diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiChatView.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiChatView.cs
index a2039c08..1392c26f 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiChatView.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiChatView.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public sealed class UiChatView : UiElement
     /// <summary>Font for the transcript; falls back to the context default.</summary>
     public BitmapFont? Font { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>Retail dat font (0x40000000) for the transcript. When set, glyphs
+    /// render via the two-pass dat-font blit and measure/hit-test use the dat glyph
+    /// advance; when null, the debug BitmapFont path is used. Set by the controller.</summary>
+    public UiDatFont? DatFont { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>Keyboard device for clipboard (Ctrl+C) + modifier state. Wired by
     /// the host from <see cref="UiHost.Keyboard"/>.</summary>
     public Silk.NET.Input.IKeyboard? Keyboard { get; set; }
@@ -49,11 +54,12 @@ public sealed class UiChatView : UiElement
 
     // Pixels the transcript is scrolled UP from the newest line (0 = pinned to bottom).
     private float _scroll;
-    private const float WheelLines = 3f;   // lines advanced per wheel notch
+    private const float WheelLines = 1f;   // lines advanced per wheel notch (retail = 1 line per notch)
 
     // ── Cached layout from the last OnDraw, so OnEvent hit-tests the SAME geometry ──
     private IReadOnlyList<Line> _lastLines = Array.Empty<Line>();
     private BitmapFont? _lastFont;
+    private UiDatFont? _lastDatFont;
     private float _lastLineHeight = 16f;
     private float _lastBaseY;          // top Y of line 0 in local space
     private float _lastPadding = 4f;
@@ -85,21 +91,24 @@ public sealed class UiChatView : UiElement
     {
         ctx.DrawRect(0, 0, Width, Height, BackgroundColor);
 
-        var font = Font ?? ctx.DefaultFont;
-        if (font is null) return;
+        // Prefer the retail dat font when set; fall back to BitmapFont.
+        var datFont = DatFont;
+        var bitmapFont = datFont is null ? (Font ?? ctx.DefaultFont) : null;
+        if (datFont is null && bitmapFont is null) return;
 
         var lines = LinesProvider();
 
         // Cache the geometry OnEvent will hit-test against. Even when there are no
         // lines we record the font/padding so a stray hit-test is harmless.
         _lastLines = lines;
-        _lastFont = font;
-        _lastLineHeight = font.LineHeight;
+        _lastDatFont = datFont;
+        _lastFont = bitmapFont;
+        _lastLineHeight = datFont is not null ? datFont.LineHeight : bitmapFont!.LineHeight;
         _lastPadding = Padding;
 
         if (lines.Count == 0) return;
 
-        float lh = font.LineHeight;
+        float lh = _lastLineHeight;
         float top = Padding, bottom = Height - Padding;
         float innerH = bottom - top;
         float contentH = lines.Count * lh;
@@ -129,13 +138,25 @@ public sealed class UiChatView : UiElement
                 c1 = Math.Clamp(c1, 0, text.Length);
                 if (c1 > c0)
                 {
-                    float hx = Padding + font.MeasureWidth(text.Substring(0, c0));
-                    float hw = font.MeasureWidth(text.Substring(c0, c1 - c0));
+                    float hx, hw;
+                    if (datFont is not null)
+                    {
+                        hx = Padding + datFont.MeasureWidth(text.Substring(0, c0));
+                        hw = datFont.MeasureWidth(text.Substring(c0, c1 - c0));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        hx = Padding + bitmapFont!.MeasureWidth(text.Substring(0, c0));
+                        hw = bitmapFont.MeasureWidth(text.Substring(c0, c1 - c0));
+                    }
                     ctx.DrawRect(hx, y, hw, lh, SelectionColor);
                 }
             }
 
-            ctx.DrawString(text, Padding, y, lines[i].Color, font);
+            if (datFont is not null)
+                ctx.DrawStringDat(datFont, text, Padding, y, lines[i].Color);
+            else
+                ctx.DrawString(text, Padding, y, lines[i].Color, bitmapFont);
         }
     }
 
@@ -145,7 +166,7 @@ public sealed class UiChatView : UiElement
         {
             case UiEventType.Scroll:
             {
-                float lh = (Font ?? _lastFont)?.LineHeight ?? 16f;
+                float lh = DatFont?.LineHeight ?? (Font ?? _lastFont)?.LineHeight ?? 16f;
                 // Silk wheel +Y = scroll up = reveal older = shift content down = larger _scroll.
                 _scroll += e.Data0 * WheelLines * lh;   // re-clamped next OnDraw against live content
                 return true;
@@ -316,11 +337,13 @@ public sealed class UiChatView : UiElement
         line = Math.Clamp(line, 0, lines.Count - 1);
 
         string text = lines[line].Text;
-        var font = _lastFont;
-        int col = font is null
-            ? 0
-            : CharIndexAt(text, ch => font.TryGetGlyph(ch, out var g) ? g.Advance : 0f,
-                          localX - _lastPadding);
+        int col = _lastDatFont is { } df
+            ? CharIndexAt(text, ch => df.TryGetGlyph(ch, out var g) ? UiDatFont.GlyphAdvance(g) : 0f,
+                          localX - _lastPadding)
+            : (_lastFont is { } bf
+                ? CharIndexAt(text, ch => bf.TryGetGlyph(ch, out var bg) ? bg.Advance : 0f,
+                              localX - _lastPadding)
+                : 0);
         return new Pos(line, col);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiChatViewDatFontTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiChatViewDatFontTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c00c9544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiChatViewDatFontTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using AcDream.App.UI;
+using DatReaderWriter.Types;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Tests.UI;
+
+public class UiChatViewDatFontTests
+{
+    // Synthetic per-char advance: each glyph 10px (Before=2,Width=6,After=2).
+    private static FontCharDesc Glyph(char c) => new()
+    {
+        Unicode = c, HorizontalOffsetBefore = 2, Width = 6, HorizontalOffsetAfter = 2,
+        OffsetX = 0, OffsetY = 0, Height = 12, VerticalOffsetBefore = 0,
+    };
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CharIndexAt_UsesDatGlyphAdvance()
+    {
+        float Adv(char c) => UiDatFont.GlyphAdvance(Glyph(c));
+        Assert.Equal(0, UiChatView.CharIndexAt("abc", Adv, 4f));
+        Assert.Equal(1, UiChatView.CharIndexAt("abc", Adv, 12f));
+        Assert.Equal(3, UiChatView.CharIndexAt("abc", Adv, 100f));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GlyphAdvance_MatchesRetailFormula()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(10f, UiDatFont.GlyphAdvance(Glyph('x')));
+    }
+}