diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d469fd97..c7effaa0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
   "resolutions": {
     "@nuxt/fonts>fontaine": "latest",
     "fontaine": "workspace:*",
-    "fontless": "workspace:*"
+    "fontless": "workspace:*",
+    "unifont": "0.6.0"
   },
   "simple-git-hooks": {
     "pre-commit": "npx lint-staged"
diff --git a/packages/fontless/README.md b/packages/fontless/README.md
index a4fedd6f..936765dc 100644
--- a/packages/fontless/README.md
+++ b/packages/fontless/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fontless({
 
   // Default font settings
   defaults: {
-    preload: true,
+    preload: { subsets: ['latin'] }, // select preload fonts by subset
     weights: [400, 700],
     styles: ['normal', 'italic'],
     fallbacks: {
diff --git a/packages/fontless/examples/tailwind/vite.config.ts b/packages/fontless/examples/tailwind/vite.config.ts
index 16b43951..ad38cf0e 100644
--- a/packages/fontless/examples/tailwind/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/fontless/examples/tailwind/vite.config.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
     tailwindcss(),
     fontless({
       provider: 'google',
+      families: [
+        {
+          name: 'Geist',
+          preload: { subsets: ['latin'] },
+        }
+      ]
     }),
   ],
 })
diff --git a/packages/fontless/examples/vanilla-app/package.json b/packages/fontless/examples/vanilla-app/package.json
index 4364df54..ad887f4e 100644
--- a/packages/fontless/examples/vanilla-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/fontless/examples/vanilla-app/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
-    "build": "tsc && vite build",
+    "build": "vite build",
     "preview": "vite preview"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/fontless/src/types.ts b/packages/fontless/src/types.ts
index 049fdf2b..e0909686 100644
--- a/packages/fontless/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/fontless/src/types.ts
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ export interface FontFamilyOverrides {
   name: string
   /** Inject `@font-face` regardless of usage in project. */
   global?: boolean
-  /**
-   * Enable or disable adding preload links to the initially rendered HTML.
-   * This is true by default for the highest priority format unless a font is subsetted (to avoid over-preloading).
-   */
-  preload?: boolean
+  preload?: PreloadOption
 
   // TODO:
   // as?: string
@@ -66,6 +62,17 @@ export interface FontFamilyManualOverride extends FontFamilyOverrides, RawFontFa
 
 type ProviderOption = ((options: any) => Provider) | string | false
 
+/**
+ * Enable adding preload links to the initially rendered HTML.
+ * With `subsets`, you can specify which subsets to preload.
+ * @default false
+ * @example { subsets: ['latin'] }
+ */
+type PreloadOption
+  = | boolean
+    | { subsets: string[] }
+    | ((fontFamily: string, font: FontFaceData) => boolean)
+
 export interface FontlessOptions {
   /**
    * Specify overrides for individual font families.
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ export interface FontlessOptions {
    */
   families?: Array<FontFamilyManualOverride | FontFamilyProviderOverride>
   defaults?: Partial<{
-    preload: boolean
+    preload?: PreloadOption
     weights: Array<string | number>
     styles: ResolveFontOptions['styles']
     subsets: ResolveFontOptions['subsets']
diff --git a/packages/fontless/src/utils.ts b/packages/fontless/src/utils.ts
index 260d01a6..8e487829 100644
--- a/packages/fontless/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/fontless/src/utils.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ export interface FontFamilyInjectionPluginOptions {
   resolveFontFace: (fontFamily: string, fallbackOptions?: { fallbacks: string[], generic?: GenericCSSFamily }) => Awaitable<undefined | FontFaceResolution>
   dev: boolean
   processCSSVariables?: boolean | 'font-prefixed-only'
+  /** @deprecated use `filterFontsToPreload` instead */
   shouldPreload: (fontFamily: string, font: FontFaceData) => boolean
+  filterFontsToPreload?: (fontFamily: string, fonts: FontFaceData[]) => FontFaceData[]
   fontsToPreload: Map<string, Set<string>>
 }
 
@@ -96,8 +98,15 @@ export async function transformCSS(options: FontFamilyInjectionPluginOptions, co
     let insertFontFamilies = false
 
     const [topPriorityFont] = result.fonts.sort((a, b) => (a.meta?.priority || 0) - (b.meta?.priority || 0))
+    const fontsToPreload: FontFaceData[] = []
     if (topPriorityFont && options.shouldPreload(fontFamily, topPriorityFont)) {
-      const fontToPreload = topPriorityFont.src.find((s): s is RemoteFontSource => 'url' in s)?.url
+      fontsToPreload.push(topPriorityFont)
+    }
+    if (options.filterFontsToPreload) {
+      fontsToPreload.push(...options.filterFontsToPreload(fontFamily, result.fonts))
+    }
+    for (const font of fontsToPreload) {
+      const fontToPreload = font.src.find((s): s is RemoteFontSource => 'url' in s)?.url
       if (fontToPreload) {
         const urls = options.fontsToPreload.get(id) || new Set()
         options.fontsToPreload.set(id, urls.add(fontToPreload))
diff --git a/packages/fontless/src/vite.ts b/packages/fontless/src/vite.ts
index a3dffd27..9234eefb 100644
--- a/packages/fontless/src/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/fontless/src/vite.ts
@@ -47,9 +47,23 @@ export function fontless(_options?: FontlessOptions): Plugin {
 
       cssTransformOptions = {
         processCSSVariables: options.processCSSVariables,
-        shouldPreload(fontFamily, _fontFace) {
+        shouldPreload: () => false,
+        filterFontsToPreload(fontFamily, fonts) {
           const override = options.families?.find(f => f.name === fontFamily)
-          return override?.preload ?? options.defaults?.preload ?? false
+          const preload = override?.preload ?? options.defaults?.preload
+          // pick by priority (old behavior)
+          if (preload === true) {
+            return fonts.sort((a, b) => (a.meta?.priority || 0) - (b.meta?.priority || 0)).slice(0, 1)
+          }
+          // filter by function
+          if (typeof preload === 'function') {
+            return fonts.filter(f => preload(fontFamily, f))
+          }
+          // filter by subset
+          if (preload && 'subsets' in preload) {
+            return fonts.filter(f => f.meta?.subset && preload.subsets.includes(f.meta.subset))
+          }
+          return []
         },
         fontsToPreload: new Map(),
         dev: config.mode === 'development',
diff --git a/packages/fontless/test/e2e.spec.ts b/packages/fontless/test/e2e.spec.ts
index 5c7ec3fe..e9c647ed 100644
--- a/packages/fontless/test/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/fontless/test/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ describe.each(fixtures)('e2e %s', (fixture) => {
         const woff2 = content.indexOf('format(woff2)')
         expect(woff >= 0 && woff2 >= 0).toBe(true)
         expect(woff).lessThan(woff2)
+        const html = files.find(file => file.endsWith('.html'))!
+        const htmlContent = await readFile(join(outputDir!, html), 'utf-8')
+        expect(htmlContent).toContain('rel="preload" as="font"')
+        expect(htmlContent).toContain('.woff2"') // woff2 is preloaded
+        expect(htmlContent).not.toContain('.woff"') // woff is not preloaded
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 62139fda..49f2749d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ overrides:
   '@nuxt/fonts>fontaine': latest
   fontaine: workspace:*
   fontless: workspace:*
+  unifont: 0.6.0
 
 importers:
 
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^1.6.1
         version: 1.6.1
       unifont:
-        specifier: ^0.6.0
+        specifier: 0.6.0
         version: 0.6.0
       unstorage:
         specifier: ^1.17.1
@@ -10832,9 +10833,6 @@ packages:
   unified@11.0.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-xKvGhPWw3k84Qjh8bI3ZeJjqnyadK+GEFtazSfZv/rKeTkTjOJho6mFqh2SM96iIcZokxiOpg78GazTSg8+KHA==}
 
-  unifont@0.4.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-zKSY9qO8svWYns+FGKjyVdLvpGPwqmsCjeJLN1xndMiqxHWBAhoWDMYMG960MxeV48clBmG+fDP59dHY1VoZvg==}
-
   unifont@0.6.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-5Fx50fFQMQL5aeHyWnZX9122sSLckcDvcfFiBf3QYeHa7a1MKJooUy52b67moi2MJYkrfo/TWY+CoLdr/w0tTA==}
 
@@ -14286,7 +14284,7 @@ snapshots:
       sirv: 3.0.2
       tinyglobby: 0.2.15
       ufo: 1.6.1
-      unifont: 0.4.1
+      unifont: 0.6.0
       unplugin: 2.3.10
       unstorage: 1.17.1(db0@0.3.2)(ioredis@5.7.0)
     transitivePeerDependencies:
@@ -24233,11 +24231,6 @@ snapshots:
       trough: 2.2.0
       vfile: 6.0.3
 
-  unifont@0.4.1:
-    dependencies:
-      css-tree: 3.1.0
-      ohash: 2.0.11
-
   unifont@0.6.0:
     dependencies:
       css-tree: 3.1.0