diff --git a/app/assets/css/main.css b/app/assets/css/main.css
index 06da873..fe736c7 100644
--- a/app/assets/css/main.css
+++ b/app/assets/css/main.css
@@ -263,6 +263,18 @@ body {
     font-size: 16px;
     line-height: 1.65;
     font-weight: var(--body-weight);
+    transition: opacity 0.4s ease;
+}
+
+html.is-loading,
+html.is-loading body {
+    background: var(--bg);
+}
+
+html.is-loading body {
+    opacity: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    transition: none;
 }
 
 strong,
diff --git a/app/plugins/page-ready.client.ts b/app/plugins/page-ready.client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97aa5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/plugins/page-ready.client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import blendSrc from '~/assets/images/blend.jpeg';
+
+const MAX_WAIT_MS = 2500;
+
+function sleep(ms: number) {
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        setTimeout(resolve, ms);
+    });
+}
+
+function loadSrc(src: string) {
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        const img = new Image();
+        img.onload = () => resolve();
+        img.onerror = () => resolve();
+        img.src = src;
+    });
+}
+
+function settleImage(img: HTMLImageElement) {
+    if (img.complete) {
+        return img.decode?.().catch(() => undefined) ?? Promise.resolve();
+    }
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        img.addEventListener('load', () => resolve(), { once: true });
+        img.addEventListener('error', () => resolve(), { once: true });
+    });
+}
+
+async function whenReady() {
+    const tasks: Promise<unknown>[] = [loadSrc(blendSrc)];
+    if (document.fonts?.ready) tasks.push(document.fonts.ready);
+    for (const img of document.images) {
+        tasks.push(settleImage(img));
+    }
+    await Promise.race([Promise.all(tasks), sleep(MAX_WAIT_MS)]);
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(() => resolve()));
+}
+
+export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
+    nuxtApp.hook('app:mounted', async () => {
+        await whenReady();
+        document.documentElement.classList.remove('is-loading');
+    });
+});
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index 3bd4e3f..b5aa292 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
             link: [{ rel: 'icon', type: 'image/png', href: '/favicon.png' }],
             script: [
                 {
-                    innerHTML: `(function(){try{var t=localStorage.getItem('bg-theme')||'dusk';var f=localStorage.getItem('body-font')||'plantin';document.documentElement.classList.add('theme-'+t,'font-'+f);}catch(e){document.documentElement.classList.add('theme-dusk','font-plantin');}})();`,
+                    innerHTML: `(function(){try{var t=localStorage.getItem('bg-theme')||'dusk';var f=localStorage.getItem('body-font')||'plantin';var m=t==='paper'?'light-mode':'dark-mode';document.documentElement.classList.add('theme-'+t,'font-'+f,m,'is-loading');}catch(e){document.documentElement.classList.add('theme-dusk','font-plantin','dark-mode','is-loading');}setTimeout(function(){document.documentElement.classList.remove('is-loading')},4000);})();`,
                     tagPosition: 'head',
                 },
             ],