Fonts

By the end of this page, you will have chosen fonts for your site and know how to add one of your own.

Choose a font

Anywhere you can change a font (the Theme tab, a block's Properties, the announcement bar), click the font field. The Choose a font window opens.

1. Type in Search fonts to find one by name.
2. Narrow the list with the filters: Source, Style (sans, serif, script, and so on), and mood tags.
3. Click a font to use it.

Each row shows the font in its own look, so you can judge it before you pick. A few filters help with choosing:

• Variable font. One file that covers many weights. These load fast.
• Has italics. The font has a true italic version.
• Clear filters puts everything back.

The first choice, System font (default), is the plain font already on each visitor's device. It loads instantly and adds no download.

Where the fonts come from

• Google and Fontshare are two free libraries. Every font in the picker is free to use on your site.
• Uploaded fonts are ones you add yourself (below).

Weights

Not every font has every weight. The weight list only shows the ones the chosen font really has, so you never pick a bold that doesn't exist.

Change fonts for the whole site

Open the Theme tab and use the Typography section. Setting fonts here changes every heading and paragraph that follows the theme. Save Theme, then Publish. See Styling and Theme.

Upload your own font

Use this for a brand font you own.

1. Open the Theme tab.
2. Open the Custom Fonts section.
3. Choose a font file. We accept .woff2, .woff, .ttf, and .otf.
4. Type a name for it. We suggest one from the file name.
5. Pick its weight. If it's a variable font, tick This is a variable font.
6. Tick the box saying you own the font or have a license to use it on this site.
7. Click Upload font.
8. Click Save Theme, then Publish.

The font is converted for you in your browser and then appears in every font list, marked "(uploaded)".

To add another weight of the same font, upload it again with the same name and a different weight.

Limits

• Up to 6 uploaded fonts on each site. Each weight counts as one.
• Each file can be up to 2 MB.
• Names can use letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores, up to 40 characters.
• You can't reuse the name of a font from the Google or Fontshare libraries.

Click Remove next to a font to delete it. Anything that used it falls back to a standard font.

Good to know

• You are responsible for the license. Only upload fonts you're allowed to publish. Uploaded font files are public, because visitors' browsers have to download them.
• Fewer fonts means a faster site. Two or three is plenty for most sites.
• Uploading doesn't change your site until you Save Theme and Publish.