diff --git a/news/changelog-1.8.md b/news/changelog-1.8.md
index 8520e1526f..62fba2d199 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.8.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.8.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## In this release
 
 - ([#13694](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13694)): Fix `notebook-view.url` being ignored - external notebook links now properly use specified URLs instead of local preview files.
+- ([#13732](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13732)): Fix automatic font package installation for fonts with spaces in their names (e.g., "Noto Emoji", "DejaVu Sans"). Font file search patterns now match both with and without spaces.
 
 ## In previous releases
 
diff --git a/src/command/render/latexmk/parse-error.ts b/src/command/render/latexmk/parse-error.ts
index 77b9772f55..fee3d9135c 100644
--- a/src/command/render/latexmk/parse-error.ts
+++ b/src/command/render/latexmk/parse-error.ts
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ const packageMatchers = [
 ];
 
 function fontSearchTerm(font: string): string {
-  return `${font}(-(Bold|Italic|Regular).*)?[.](tfm|afm|mf|otf|ttf)`;
+  const fontPattern = font.replace(/\s+/g, '\\s*');
+  return `${fontPattern}(-(Bold|Italic|Regular).*)?[.](tfm|afm|mf|otf|ttf)`;
 }
 
 function findMissingPackages(logFileText: string): string[] {
diff --git a/tests/unit/latexmk/parse-error.test.ts b/tests/unit/latexmk/parse-error.test.ts
index aa57753165..ebf7666dc9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/latexmk/parse-error.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/latexmk/parse-error.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { unitTest } from "../../test.ts";
 import { assert } from "testing/asserts";
 
 function fontSearchTerm(font: string): string {
-  return `${font}(-(Bold|Italic|Regular).*)?[.](tfm|afm|mf|otf|ttf)`;
+  const fontPattern = font.replace(/\s+/g, '\\s*');
+  return `${fontPattern}(-(Bold|Italic|Regular).*)?[.](tfm|afm|mf|otf|ttf)`;
 }
 
 function assertFound(logText: string, expected: string, file?: string) {
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ unitTest("Detect missing files with `findMissingFontsAndPackages`", async () =>
   assertFound('!pdfTeX error: /usr/local/bin/pdflatex (file tcrm0700): Font tcrm0700 at 600 not found', fontSearchTerm("tcrm0700"))
   assertFound('(fontspec)                The font "LibertinusSerif-Regular" cannot be', fontSearchTerm("LibertinusSerif-Regular"));
   assertFound('! Font \\JY3/mc/m/n/10=file:HaranoAjiMincho-Regular.otf:-kern;jfm=ujis at 9.24713pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad.', "HaranoAjiMincho-Regular.otf");
+  assertFound('! The font "Noto Emoji" cannot be found.', fontSearchTerm("Noto Emoji"));
+  assertFound('! Package fontspec Error: The font "DejaVu Sans" cannot be found.', fontSearchTerm("DejaVu Sans"));
   assertFound("! LaTeX Error: File `framed.sty' not found.", "framed.sty");
   assertFound("/usr/local/bin/mktexpk: line 123: mf: command not found", "mf");
   assertFound("or the language definition file ngerman.ldf was not found", "ngerman.ldf");