Hello! I haven’t updated my self-hosted discourse for a while (since about November 2024), and today I updated it. I found one problem. I use Montseratte font as the base font on the forum. And after the update, all cyrillic characters (in the message body, in the names of topics, categories, in th…

Hi! I’ve looked at these screenshots for a while now and I have to admit: I can not see the difference between them… Can you point it out please?

Well… I’ll try to explain as much as I can. My screenshots will show what we will call three stages of font display. How it was before the update [and in the font settings the Montseratte font was selected]. This is how it became after the update [and in the font settings the Montseratte font was…

Hi again, Thanks for that thorough explanation. I can’t repro it on my site, but I’m not giving up (yet). Is your forum public? Would be easier to have a look at where the problem is manifesting.

[image] chapoi: Is your forum public Yes. Its wedframe.ru I`ll enable Montseratte font for more clarity.

Thanks, I’ve found the issue. Discussing internally and will let you know when I know more :slight_smile:

Just a quick update that we are aware of this issue and have an idea on how to fix it, but it is not yet a high priority. We will let you know when we have more updates here.

Hello. I encountered the same problem. I see you managed to find a solution. Could you tell me how you fixed the Cyrillic font on your forum? Thank you.

Hi. Any updates? The same problem.

Hi. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a solution. I simply selected the default font for all elements.

After update Discourse, custom font does not apply to cyrillic characters

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Denis_Advert (Denis Advert) January 13, 2026, 10:10am 16

Solved with a help Google Fonts theme componet.

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After update Discourse, custom font does not apply to cyrillic characters

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