diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/stylesheets/bundle-options.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/stylesheets/bundle-options.ts
index 8a14a76887e4..591b19178893 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/stylesheets/bundle-options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/stylesheets/bundle-options.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export function createStylesheetBundleOptions(
   ];
 
   if (options.inlineFonts) {
-    plugins.push(createCssInlineFontsPlugin({ cache, cacheOptions: options.cacheOptions }));
+    plugins.unshift(createCssInlineFontsPlugin({ cache, cacheOptions: options.cacheOptions }));
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/stylesheets/stylesheet-plugin-factory.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/stylesheets/stylesheet-plugin-factory.ts
index 8c021d8e8e6a..69f9ee457144 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/stylesheets/stylesheet-plugin-factory.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/stylesheets/stylesheet-plugin-factory.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export class StylesheetPluginFactory {
 
         // Add a load callback to support files from disk
         build.onLoad(
-          { filter: language.fileFilter },
+          { filter: language.fileFilter, namespace: 'file' },
           createCachedLoad(cache, async (args) => {
             const data = await readFile(args.path, 'utf-8');
 
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/styles/tailwind-v3.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/styles/tailwind-v3.ts
index 0dbb42f1025e..aa47808d8203 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/styles/tailwind-v3.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/styles/tailwind-v3.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@ export default async function () {
   await writeFile('src/app/app.component.css', '@tailwind base; @tailwind components;');
 
   // Add Tailwind directives to a global style
-  await writeFile('src/styles.css', '@tailwind base; @tailwind components;');
+  await writeFile(
+    'src/styles.css',
+    `
+      @import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400);
+      @tailwind base;
+      @tailwind components;
+    `,
+  );
 
   // Ensure installation warning is present
   const { stderr } = await ng('build', '--configuration=development');