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How to Customize and Change Default Fonts in Weebly Site Builder

Weebly is one of the most user-friendly website builders available. With its drag-and-drop editor, you can easily create professional-looking websites without needing to know any code.

One of the great things about Weebly is the ability to customize various design elements on your site, including fonts. Weebly offers a selection of default fonts to choose from, but also makes it easy to change them or add custom Google fonts for more options.

Accessing Font Customization Settings

To access the font settings in Weebly:

  1. Log in to your Weebly site dashboard
  2. Click on “Theme” in the top menu
  3. Select “Change Fonts”

This will open up the font customization menu.

Changing Default Fonts

In the font customization menu, you’ll see a list of the different text elements on your site that you can change fonts for, such as:

  • Site title
  • Navigation menu
  • Headers
  • Paragraph text
  • And more

To change the font for any of these elements:

  1. Click on the text element you want to edit
  2. Select a new font from the dropdown menu
  3. Customize the font properties like size, color, letter spacing, etc.

The preview panel on the right will update in real-time so you can see how the changes look.

Adding Custom Google Fonts

While Weebly offers a great selection of fonts to choose from, you may want something more unique. Fortunately, Weebly makes it easy to import custom Google Fonts.

Here is the process:

  1. Go to Google Fonts and browse the available fonts
  2. Select the fonts you want and click on the “+” icon to add them to your collection
  3. At the bottom of the page, click on “Select All” and then “Embed”
  4. Copy the embed code
  5. Go back to your Weebly site dashboard and click on “Theme”
  6. Click on “Edit HTML/CSS” at the bottom of the panel
  7. Paste the embed code from Google Fonts into the CSS box
  8. Click “Save” and the new fonts will now be available to use!

You can now go back to the font customization menu and select your new Google Fonts.

Customizing Specific Text Elements

If you only want to change the font for a specific text element on a page rather than site-wide, Weebly also allows you to do this.

Here is the process:

  1. Edit the page and click on the text element you want to customize
  2. In the sidebar, click on “More Options”
  3. Click on “Edit HTML/CSS”
  4. Wrap the text element in a <span> tag with a custom class, for example:
<span class="my-custom-text">This is my text</span>
  1. In the CSS editor, target the class and define the custom font:
.my-custom-text {
   font-family: "My Custom Font";
}
  1. Click “Save” and the font for only that text element will be changed!

Tips for Choosing Fonts

  • Stick to 1-2 font families per site for consistency
  • Use simple, easy to read fonts for paragraph text
  • Use more stylized fonts sparingly for headings
  • Make sure fonts render well on mobile
  • Use font pairings that have good contrast
  • Avoid overly decorative web fonts that could slow page load times

Conclusion

Weebly makes it very simple to customize the fonts on your website. With just a few clicks, you can update site-wide default fonts or add unique Google Fonts. And if you need to target specific text elements, you can use custom CSS to change the fonts on a granular level.

Experimenting with different fonts is an easy way to update the look and feel of your Weebly site. So explore all the options available to find the perfect fonts that represent your brand!

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