Title: customize font child theme
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# customize font child theme

 *  Resolved [Katsofa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katsofa/)
 * (@katsofa)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-font-child-theme/)
 * Hi everyone,
    I would like to change the font in my founder child theme. What’s
   the best, or founder-specific way, to do it? Do I have to work with @font-face
   import or can I just upload the font file to my child theme and edit the stylesheet
   accordingly? Thanks so much! Kathrin

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 *  Theme Author [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * (@bensibley)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-font-child-theme/#post-6959130)
 * Hi Kathrin,
 * Thanks for choosing Founder!
 * If you’re comfortable working with a bit of PHP, check out the way Founder loads
   the Noto Sans font on line 6 of the script.php file (founder/inc/script.php).
   You can copy this same method in your child theme to load any font from [Google Fonts](https://www.google.com/fonts).
   Then the site can be styled with the font like this:
 *     ```
       body,
       input,
       textarea {
         font-family: "My New Font", sans-serif !important;
       }
       ```
   
 * If you’re font isn’t on Google Fonts, you can package the font files with your
   child theme and import them with @font-face, or take advantage of the [Use Any Font](https://wordpress.org/plugins/use-any-font/)
   plugin. It’s really handy for generating and loading the various font files needed
   for cross-browser support.
 * Lastly, if you want to skip the technical stuff altogether, the [Easy Google Fonts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-google-fonts/)
   plugin and [Founder Pro](https://www.competethemes.com/founder-pro/) both have
   simple methods for selecting new fonts.
 * Hope that helps! I’ll be happy to elaborate on any point – just let me know.
 *  Thread Starter [Katsofa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katsofa/)
 * (@katsofa)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-font-child-theme/#post-6959272)
 * Hi Ben,
 * thank you very much for your fast reply! I do not know anything about php, but
   might give it a try. So to make sure:
 * I copy the script.php to my child theme and exchange only this bit:
 * wp_register_style( ‘ct-founder-google-fonts’, ‘//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family
   =Noto+Sans:400,700,400italic’);
 * to (new font Lato – loved that in poet theme):
 * wp_register_style( ‘ct-founder-google-fonts’, ‘//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family
   =Lato:400,700,400italic’);
 * Is this correct? (Plus the styling in the CSS, of course.)
    Thanks, Kathrin
 *  Theme Author [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * (@bensibley)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-font-child-theme/#post-6959284)
 * Lato is a great font 🙂
 * You can use this function to load Lato on the site:
 *     ```
       function ct_founder_child_load_google_font() {
         wp_enqueue_style( 'ct-founder-child-google-fonts', '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:400,700,400italic');
       }
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'ct_founder_child_load_google_font' );
       ```
   
 * That snippet can be copied and pasted into the child theme’s functions.php file,
   and it should start loading the font right away. You don’t need to copy anything
   else over. The only other step will be to add the CSS.
 * If your child theme doesn’t have a functions.php file, you can create an empty
   file and just name it functions.php, or [click here](https://www.competethemes.com/wp-content/uploads/child-themes/founder/empty/founder-child.zip)
   to download a sample founder child theme with a functions.php file.
 *  Thread Starter [Katsofa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katsofa/)
 * (@katsofa)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-font-child-theme/#post-6959374)
 * Hi Ben,
    you’re a star! That was great help! I even managed to enqueue a second
   font for the headings – sweet! Will let you know once I’m online. Cheers, Kathrin
 *  Theme Author [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * (@bensibley)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-font-child-theme/#post-6959375)
 * Awesome, I’m happy to help 🙂

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 * [child theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child-theme/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-font-child-theme/#post-6959375)
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