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How to set the default fonts for your course website

You can set default default fonts for the headings, paragraphs, buttons and navigation on your course website.

Navigate to the Website Editor for your course.

Course Website Menu
Course Website Menu

When the Website Editor loads click the Fonts icon on the top menu bar to open the Fonts menu.

Website Editor toolbar: Fonts menu icon.
Website Editor toolbar: Fonts menu icon.

The Fonts menu lets you set typefaces and font sizes for your website's headings (headlines), paragraphs (body copy), buttons, and navigation links.

You can also set the line height and letter spacing for paragraph text.

The typefaces available to choose from are all Google Fonts. If you don't see your favorite Google Font in the dropdown menu please let us know and we'll add it for you.

 

Website Fonts Menu
Website Fonts Menu

If you change anything on the fonts menu the Font Preview box and your website will immediately update so you can preview the changes and see if you like them.

Click the Save Changes button to apply your changes and reload the website preview frame.

Or click the Discard Changes link to undo and revert back to your previous settings.

Preview your font changes instantly.
Preview your font changes instantly.

You can override the default font size for some specific elements on your website if it makes sense given the design context. For example, there are some form field labels and text inside tables where you're allowed to override the top level defaults set on the fonts menu. However, in order to maintain consistency across the pages on your site typefaces and most font settings have to be done at the top level (globally).