diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/tailwind/v4/handler.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/tailwind/v4/handler.test.ts
index dbea34a..9ce025c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/tailwind/v4/handler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/tailwind/v4/handler.test.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ describe('TailwindV4EmitterHandler', () => {
       if (!result.success) throw new Error('Expected success');
       expect(result.data.theme.fontFamily?.['fancy']).toBe('"Fancy \\"Font\\""');
     });
+
+    it('escapes line terminators in font-family values', () => {
+      const state = buildState({
+        typography: {
+          multi: { fontFamily: 'Evil\nFamily', fontSize: '16px' },
+        },
+      });
+      const result = emitter.execute(state);
+      if (!result.success) throw new Error('Expected success');
+      const value = result.data.theme.fontFamily?.['multi'];
+      // A raw newline must not survive into the emitted CSS string.
+      expect(value).not.toContain('\n');
+      expect(value).toBe('"Evil\\a Family"');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('dimensions mapping', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/tailwind/v4/handler.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/tailwind/v4/handler.ts
index 8d3eb68..0f2ef47 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/tailwind/v4/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/tailwind/v4/handler.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,13 @@ function dimToString(dim: ResolvedDimension): string {
 /**
  * Wrap a string value in double quotes, escaping embedded `\` and `"`.
  * Produces a CSS-safe string literal suitable for font-family values.
+ * Line terminators (newline, carriage return, form feed) are illegal raw inside
+ * a CSS string and could break the value out of the quoted token, so they are
+ * emitted as CSS hex escapes (e.g. `\a `).
  */
 function cssStringLiteral(value: string): string {
-  return `"${value.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;
+  return `"${value
+    .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')
+    .replace(/"/g, '\\"')
+    .replace(/[\n\r\f]/g, (c) => `\\${c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)} `)}"`;
 }