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[tony84]

I have a feeling this cant be done unless I upgrade the theme to the pro version but thought I would ask the question...

I have the "sydney" theme on my site. I want to change the font in the title but it is only allowing me to pick from a list that looks like it is googles list of fonts (none of which are the normal microsoft fonts). I cant find anything all that similar to the century gothic theme which is what was used originally.

When I go into the CSS files it seems to be pulling the information from somewhere other than the style.css (even though "site-title" is in there).

I dont suppose anyone knows which file I need to edit do they?

 

[Kerwin]

I have a feeling this cant be done unless I upgrade the theme to the pro version but thought I would ask the question...

I have the "sydney" theme on my site. I want to change the font in the title but it is only allowing me to pick from a list that looks like it is googles list of fonts (none of which are the normal microsoft fonts). I cant find anything all that similar to the century gothic theme which is what was used originally.

When I go into the CSS files it seems to be pulling the information from somewhere other than the style.css (even though "site-title" is in there).

I dont suppose anyone knows which file I need to edit do they?

Fonts on a web page need to be served from somewhere. You can't just use a font on your computer, as visitors to your website might not have them. You can search for "Web fonts" and check their licensing options (you might have to pay). The most well-known free web font service is this one from Google.

Browse Fonts - Google Fonts

Making the web more beautiful, fast, and open through great typography

fonts.google.com

 

[fisicx]

Or you add the font to your theme.

Either way it’s not complicated if you have access to the theme files. There are plenty of tutorials on how to add fonts to a theme.

 

[donavichi]

First, you should create a child theme to edit CSS without affecting the parent theme and to keep the edits in place even after you update the Sydney Theme from time to time.

You can get a plugin to automate the process here:

WPS Child Theme Generator
WP Child Theme Generator
Child Theme Wizard

You'll have to go to the WordPress Plugins Repository to find them, I'm not allowed to post links in my post, sorry.

There are others, but these are all good ones.

Install and activate your chosen one, then run through the wizard process, then activate the child theme in your WP Admin. To edit the Child CSS File you need to locate it on the server:

Using an FTP client or your hosting control panel’s file manager, navigate to the wp-content/themes/sydney-child directory. Your new style.css should be in there.

You should be able to edit this and have the changes reflected on the front end then, with any luck.

Here's an example of how the altered font style for the site title would look with the Century Gothic font:

.site-title {
font-family: "Century Gothic", Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 36px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #333;
}

In this example, the font-size, font-weight, and colour properties are also adjusted to provide a starting point for further customisation.

Hope that helps.

 

[fisicx]

Sorry @donavichi but that’s very misleading.

You don’t need a child theme to add a font. You just need to choose the font from the provided list. If it’s not in the list then you need the font files. Adding child theme won’t do this for you.

 

[Shopclicks]

@tony84 Why not just create a logo image to replace the site title?

 

[Birmingham]

if it's a wordpress.com powered site you might be restricted, but if you have admin access to a wordpress.org (self hosted) site, anything is possible.