diff --git a/platform/darwin/src/MGLOfflineRegion.h b/platform/darwin/src/MGLOfflineRegion.h
index 6a9bdbc3998..c668e3bf224 100644
--- a/platform/darwin/src/MGLOfflineRegion.h
+++ b/platform/darwin/src/MGLOfflineRegion.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  See `MGLIdeographicFontFamilyName` setting. Also, for regions outside of
  China, Japan, and Korea, these glyphs will rarely appear for non-CJK users.
  
- By default, this property is set to `YES`, so that the offline pack will
+ By default, this property is set to `NO`, so that the offline pack will
  include ideographic glyphs.
  */
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL includesIdeographicGlyphs;
diff --git a/platform/darwin/src/MGLShapeOfflineRegion.mm b/platform/darwin/src/MGLShapeOfflineRegion.mm
index 25b6b8e1667..b4f4b5e92a3 100644
--- a/platform/darwin/src/MGLShapeOfflineRegion.mm
+++ b/platform/darwin/src/MGLShapeOfflineRegion.mm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithStyleURL:(NSURL *)styleURL shape:(MGLShape *)shape fromZ
         _shape = shape;
         _minimumZoomLevel = minimumZoomLevel;
         _maximumZoomLevel = maximumZoomLevel;
-        _includesIdeographicGlyphs = YES;
+        _includesIdeographicGlyphs = NO;
     }
     return self;
 }
diff --git a/platform/darwin/src/MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion.mm b/platform/darwin/src/MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion.mm
index a398d6baa4a..73fcaa91d8e 100644
--- a/platform/darwin/src/MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion.mm
+++ b/platform/darwin/src/MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion.mm
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithStyleURL:(NSURL *)styleURL bounds:(MGLCoordinateBounds)b
         _bounds = bounds;
         _minimumZoomLevel = minimumZoomLevel;
         _maximumZoomLevel = maximumZoomLevel;
-        _includesIdeographicGlyphs = YES;
+        _includesIdeographicGlyphs = NO;
     }
     return self;
 }
diff --git a/platform/darwin/test/MGLOfflineRegionTests.m b/platform/darwin/test/MGLOfflineRegionTests.m
index 4d5767a8d26..0af9ebb5fa9 100644
--- a/platform/darwin/test/MGLOfflineRegionTests.m
+++ b/platform/darwin/test/MGLOfflineRegionTests.m
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ - (void)testStyleURLs {
     MGLCoordinateBounds bounds = MGLCoordinateBoundsMake(kCLLocationCoordinate2DInvalid, kCLLocationCoordinate2DInvalid);
     MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion *region = [[MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion alloc] initWithStyleURL:nil bounds:bounds fromZoomLevel:0 toZoomLevel:DBL_MAX];
     XCTAssertEqualObjects(region.styleURL, [MGLStyle streetsStyleURLWithVersion:MGLStyleDefaultVersion], @"Streets isn’t the default style.");
-
+    
     NSURL *localURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"beautiful.style"];
     XCTAssertThrowsSpecificNamed([[MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion alloc] initWithStyleURL:localURL bounds:bounds fromZoomLevel:0 toZoomLevel:DBL_MAX], NSException, MGLInvalidStyleURLException, @"No exception raised when initializing region with a local file URL as the style URL.");
 }
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ - (void)testTilePyramidRegionEquality {
     MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion *original = [[MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion alloc] initWithStyleURL:[MGLStyle lightStyleURLWithVersion:MGLStyleDefaultVersion] bounds:bounds fromZoomLevel:5 toZoomLevel:10];
     MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion *copy = [original copy];
     XCTAssertEqualObjects(original, copy, @"Tile pyramid region should be equal to its copy.");
-
+    
     XCTAssertEqualObjects(original.styleURL, copy.styleURL, @"Style URL has changed.");
     XCTAssert(MGLCoordinateBoundsEqualToCoordinateBounds(original.bounds, copy.bounds), @"Bounds have changed.");
     XCTAssertEqual(original.minimumZoomLevel, copy.minimumZoomLevel, @"Minimum zoom level has changed.");
@@ -48,4 +48,24 @@ - (void)testGeometryRegionEquality {
     XCTAssertEqual(original.includesIdeographicGlyphs, copy.includesIdeographicGlyphs, @"Include ideographs has changed.");
 }
 
+- (void)testIncludesIdeographicGlyphsByDefault {
+    
+    // Tile pyramid offline region
+    {
+        MGLCoordinateBounds bounds = MGLCoordinateBoundsMake(kCLLocationCoordinate2DInvalid, kCLLocationCoordinate2DInvalid);
+        MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion *tilePyramidOfflineRegion = [[MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion alloc] initWithStyleURL:[MGLStyle lightStyleURLWithVersion:MGLStyleDefaultVersion] bounds:bounds fromZoomLevel:5 toZoomLevel:10];
+        XCTAssertFalse(tilePyramidOfflineRegion.includesIdeographicGlyphs, @"tile pyramid offline region should not include ideographic glyphs");
+    }
+    
+    // Shape offline region
+    {
+        NSString *geojson = @"{\"type\": \"Point\", \"coordinates\": [-3.8671874999999996, 52.482780222078226] }";
+        NSError *error;
+        MGLShape *shape = [MGLShape shapeWithData: [geojson dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
+        XCTAssertNil(error);
+        MGLShapeOfflineRegion *shapeOfflineRegion = [[MGLShapeOfflineRegion alloc] initWithStyleURL:[MGLStyle lightStyleURLWithVersion:MGLStyleDefaultVersion] shape:shape fromZoomLevel:5 toZoomLevel:10];
+        XCTAssertFalse(shapeOfflineRegion.includesIdeographicGlyphs, @"tile pyramid offline region should not include ideographic glyphs");
+    }
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
index b187db42a38..61b0fbd9e54 100644
--- a/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Mapbox welcomes participation and contributions from everyone. Please read [CONT
 
 * Fixed a custom geometry source bug caused by using the outdated tiles after style update [#15112](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/15112)
 
+### Other changes
+* Ideographic glyphs from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are no longer downloaded by default as part of offline packs; they are instead rendered on-device, saving bandwidth and storage while improving performance. ([#14176](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/14176))
+
 ## 5.2.0
 
 ### Offline maps
diff --git a/platform/ios/app/MBXOfflinePacksTableViewController.m b/platform/ios/app/MBXOfflinePacksTableViewController.m
index e237df4019c..4459711b583 100644
--- a/platform/ios/app/MBXOfflinePacksTableViewController.m
+++ b/platform/ios/app/MBXOfflinePacksTableViewController.m
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ - (IBAction)addCurrentRegion:(id)sender {
         }
 
         MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion *region = [[MGLTilePyramidOfflineRegion alloc] initWithStyleURL:mapView.styleURL bounds:mapView.visibleCoordinateBounds fromZoomLevel:mapView.zoomLevel toZoomLevel:mapView.maximumZoomLevel];
-        BOOL hasIdeographicFontFamilyName = !![[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"MGLIdeographicFontFamilyName"];
-        region.includesIdeographicGlyphs = hasIdeographicFontFamilyName;
+        id ideographicFontFamilyName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"MGLIdeographicFontFamilyName"];
+        if([ideographicFontFamilyName isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]] && ![ideographicFontFamilyName boolValue]){
+            region.includesIdeographicGlyphs = YES;
+        }
         NSData *context = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:@{
             MBXOfflinePackContextNameKey: name,
         }];
diff --git a/platform/macos/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/macos/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ca6391ff37..49dd5ff53ab 100644
--- a/platform/macos/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/macos/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 * Added an `MGLMapView.prefetchesTiles` property to configure lower-resolution tile prefetching behavior. ([#14816](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/14816))
 * Fixed queryRenderedFeatues bug caused by incorrect sort feature index calculation. ([#14884](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/14884))
+* Ideographic glyphs from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are no longer downloaded by default as part of offline packs; they are instead rendered on-device, saving bandwidth and storage while improving performance. ([#14176](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/14176))
 * The `MGLIdeographicFontFamilyName` Info.plist key now also accepts an array of font family names, to customize font fallback behavior. It can also be set to a Boolean value of `NO` to force the SDK to typeset CJK characters in a remote font specified by `MGLSymbolStyleLayer.textFontNames`. ([#14862](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/14862)) 
 * Performance improvements for queryRenderedFeatures API and optimization that allocates containers based on a number of rendered layers. ([#14930](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/14930))
 * Fixed rendering layers after fill-extrusion regression caused by optimization of fill-extrusion rendering. ([#15065](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/15065))
 
-
 ### Styles and rendering
 
 * Setting `MGLMapView.contentInset` now moves the map’s focal point to the center of the content frame after insetting. ([#14664](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/14664))
diff --git a/platform/macos/app/MapDocument.m b/platform/macos/app/MapDocument.m
index 213aa33107e..1ab8b690b91 100644
--- a/platform/macos/app/MapDocument.m
+++ b/platform/macos/app/MapDocument.m
@@ -932,8 +932,8 @@ - (IBAction)addOfflinePack:(id)sender {
     self.minimumOfflinePackZoomLevelFormatter.maximum = @(ceil(self.mapView.maximumZoomLevel));
     self.maximumOfflinePackZoomLevelFormatter.maximum = @(ceil(self.mapView.maximumZoomLevel));
     
-    NSString *fontFamilyName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"MGLIdeographicFontFamilyName"];
-    self.includesIdeographicGlyphsBox.state = fontFamilyName ? NSOffState : NSOnState;
+    id ideographicFontFamilyName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"MGLIdeographicFontFamilyName"];
+    self.includesIdeographicGlyphsBox.state = ([ideographicFontFamilyName isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]] && ![ideographicFontFamilyName boolValue]) ? NSOffState : NSOnState;
     [self.addOfflinePackWindow makeFirstResponder:self.offlinePackNameField];
     
     __weak __typeof__(self) weakSelf = self;