So, I was adding a local font to my site. In a theme’s CSS file, I put: @font-face { font-display: swap; /* Check https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-face/font-display for other options. */ font-family: 'Montserrat'; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; font-display: s…

I’m not sure about adding directories, but regarding using font files in themes, there is a built in method you could try. If you’re editing the Theme files manually, you can add the font to the theme’s /assets directory, then add an entry for it in about.json like this: { // other properties "…

So, would the assets code be like this for each font I do? "assets": { "montserrat-reg": "assets/montserrat-v26-latin-regular.woff2", "montserrat-ita": "assets/montserrat-v26-latin-italic.woff2" }, EDIT: That worked. Direct /assets/ URL to the font still shows a 404, but the font is work…

In admin site setting you can change the font to Montserrat. base font heading font If you want to add a font which is not in core but it is in Google Fonts then you can use this theme component: [image] Google Fonts Theme component discourse2 Summary…

Yeah, the Montserrat is for a different page. Appreciate it, though! Problem with Google fonts is that it slows pages down by loading like 200+ characters, most of which people never even use.

[image] 45thj5ej: slows pages down No it does not — when you use max 3-4 font sets (and only needed weights) as you should.

Had a question about this: So, when you View Source the forums page of your (anyone’s) Discourse site, and search “font,” it shows a bunch of them. Are these fonts all loaded even though you only choose 1-2 during the setup wizard? If so, would like only the one I chose to be loaded.

Can I simply add directories to my Discourse install?

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Jagster (Jakke Flemming) April 6, 2024, 9:58pm 6

No it does not — when you use max 3-4 font sets (and only needed weights) as you should.

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