change font of modules (local fonts)

bekirs

@ninjabreadman said in change font of modules (local fonts):

@font-face {
font-family: Verdana;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 100;
src:
local(“Verdana”),
url(“/home/pi/MagicMirror/fonts/Verdana.ttf”) format(“truetype”);
}

.newsfeed {
font-family: Verdana;
}

I wrote below but it didnt work

@font-face {
font-family: Verdana;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 100;
src:
local(“Verdana”),
url(“/home/pi/MagicMirror/fonts/Verdana.ttf”) format(“truetype”);
}

.newsfeed {
font-family: Verdana;
}

ninjabreadman

@bekirs My first question: Is Verdana actually located in ~/MagicMirror/fonts/Verdana.ttf? If so, you might try url("file:///home/pi/MagicMirror/fonts/Verdana.ttf"). When you run npm start dev in Terminal while in ~/MagicMirror, are there any console errors (in Terminal or Electron)?

bekirs

verdana is located in true folder. and after i run npm start dev i could not see any error thank you

ninjabreadman

@bekirs Did you try using url("file:///home/pi/MagicMirror/fonts/Verdana.ttf")?

j.e.f.f

@bekirs You need to use a virtual path to the file, not a physical path. Change your CSS as follows:

@font-face {
  font-family: "Verdana";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 100;
  src: url("/fonts/Verdana.ttf")  format("truetype");
}

That said, I’m not sure about TrueType support in Chrome, and subsequently Electron. if this still doesn’t work, you’ll need to convert the font into a supported format, such as woff or woff2. Font Squirrel is an online tool that can do it, but you might run into copy protection issues, as Verdana is a licensed font. Do a Google search for web font generator to find other options, or you can even try searching for a woff version of Verdana.

Of course, the designer in me is screaming that there are so many nicer type faces suitable for UI than Verdana that are available for free. Google Fonts has many options that are readily downloadable, and subsequently can be converted to web font formats using Font Squirrel.

Good luck!

epi

So, I’ve downloaded https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/comic-relief and added a font to

/home/pi/MagicMirror/fonts

And my custom css looks like this

 body {	
@font-face {
  font-family: "SF";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 100;
  src:
    local("ComicRelief"),
    url("fonts/ComicRelief.ttf") format("truetype");
}
}

Despite that, font is not seen. What could be the reason?

j.e.f.f

@epi don’t wrap the@font-face css rule within the body CSS rule. CSS spec says this should work but I’ve found the in most cases browsers just ignore it.

epi

Still doesn’t work

/*****************************************************
 * Magic Mirror                                      *
 * Custom CSS                                        *
 *                                                   *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl           *
 * MIT Licensed.                                     *
 *                                                   *
 * Add any custom CSS below.                         *
 * Changes to this files will be ignored by GIT. *
 *****************************************************/

body {	
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "SF";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 100;
  src:
    local("ComicRelief"),
    url("fonts/ComicRelief.ttf") format("truetype");
}

j.e.f.f

@epi Now you need to apply your font to various elements of the layout. All you’ve done to this point is declare the availability of the font. Try something like this:

body * {
  font-family: "SF";
}

That might get the job done, but there may be more specific rules you need to write to override in other cases. Try this and see how far it gets you.

epi

thank you!