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  • Web fonts

    Posted by Claire Fontaine on March 5, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    Hello,

    I would love the option of using the WP Google Fonts plugin to customize the look of some of the text on a site I am starting to build, particularly the header.

    Also, with other sites that I have built outside the Commons, I have used the CSS @ font-face generator by Font Squirrel — http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator — am I correct that this is not an option on the Commons bc I don’t have FTP access?

    Thanks,
    Claire

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    • Scott Voth (he/him)
      Member
      March 5, 2012 at 7:14 pm

      Hi Claire – I guess the short answer is – it depends. The Commons itself does not currently provide these fonts – though it may include a library of them in the future. But some themes support them. I think all the Woo Themes have a settings section called “General Typography” – which lists the Google fonts. (I think some Woo Themes might offer more Google fonts than others [i.e. compare the Canvas theme with the Simplicity theme – Simplicity has many more].) I don’t know about other themes – it is certainly possible that some do as well. I don’t really that much about these fonts – all I know I’ve learned from Chris Stein ( @cstein) 🙂

    • Scott Voth (he/him)
      Member
      March 5, 2012 at 7:31 pm

      Also – if this doesn’t work for you – by all means submit a ticket to request the WP Google Fonts plugin on Redmine – http://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/projects/cunyac
      using this form – http://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/documents/4

    • Claire Fontaine
      Participant
      March 6, 2012 at 6:38 pm

      Scott,

      thanks so much — this is very helpful advice.

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