diff --git a/src/fontique/backend/android.rs b/src/fontique/backend/android.rs
index bc1efe58..37d77a31 100644
--- a/src/fontique/backend/android.rs
+++ b/src/fontique/backend/android.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub struct SystemFonts {
     pub name_map: Arc<FamilyNameMap>,
     pub generic_families: Arc<GenericFamilyMap>,
     family_map: HashMap<FamilyId, FamilyInfo>,
-    locale_fallback: Box<[(LanguageIdentifier, FamilyId)]>,
+    locale_fallback: Box<[(Box<str>, FamilyId)]>,
     script_fallback: Box<[(Script, FamilyId)]>,
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ impl SystemFonts {
                                         }) {
                                             for lang in langs {
                                                 if let Some(scr) = lang.strip_prefix("und-") {
+                                                    // Undefined lang for script-only fallbacks
                                                     script_fallback.push((scr.into(), *family));
                                                 } else if let Ok(locale) =
                                                     LanguageIdentifier::try_from_bytes(
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ impl SystemFonts {
                                                     )
                                                 {
                                                     if let Some(scr) = locale.script {
+                                                        // Also fallback for the script on its own
                                                         script_fallback
                                                             .push((scr.as_str().into(), *family));
                                                         if "Hant" == scr.as_str() {
@@ -133,7 +135,8 @@ impl SystemFonts {
                                                                 .push(("Hani".into(), *family));
                                                         }
                                                     }
-                                                    locale_fallback.push((locale, *family));
+                                                    locale_fallback
+                                                        .push((locale.to_string().into(), *family));
                                                 }
                                             }
                                         }
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ impl SystemFonts {
                                         //       when postScriptName is unavailable.
                                     }
 
-                                    // family-specific fallback families, currently unimplimented
+                                    // family-specific fallback families, currently unimplemented
                                     // because it requires a GenericFamily to be plumbed through
                                     // the `RangedStyle` `font_stack` from `resolve` where it is
                                     // currently thrown away.
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ impl SystemFonts {
             .and_then(|li| {
                 self.locale_fallback
                     .iter()
-                    .find(|(lid, _)| li == lid.to_string())
+                    .find(|(lid, _)| li == lid.as_ref())
                     .map(|(_, fid)| *fid)
             })
             .or_else(|| {