Fonts on .com vs .org

  • Hi all– I originally built my site on WordPress.com, and then realized my webhosting service had an option where I could add a wordpress site to my already existing domain. This was preferable, except that now I need to use www.remarpro.com instead of .com, and apparently, things are different.

    I was using a premium Twentyeleven theme, and it allowed me to use league gothic for headers, and it appeared on both mac and PC computers without the viewer needing to install the font. How would I get this same feature on the .org site? I changed the CSS to use League Gothic, but it seems that it won’t appear unless the viewer has it on their system.

    Do I need to do something with a typekit? Is that what was working with the first site?

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  • There is no premium version of the Twenty Eleven theme. And do not edit the theme. It is the default WordPress theme and having access to an unedited version of the theme is vital when dealing with a range of site issues. First create a child theme for your changes. Or install a Google fonts plugin.

    Thread Starter mikemirandi

    (@mikemirandi)

    I haven’t edited the CSS file, I’ve been adding changes via the add CSS textbox.

    The twentyeleven theme on .com was something I paid for to be able to change the fonts. League gothic was one of the fonts, but I’m not sure if that’s available on google fonts.

    The twentyeleven theme on .com was something I paid for to be able to change the fonts

    That’s not a premium version of the theme. You simply paid for the CSS Customisation option

    I recently had the very same problem, a client wanted their .com blog switched to their own hosting, but wanted to keep their current theme (by woothemes) but with a few tweaks and I ran into the very same problem as, I forget which font it was, but it was licensed.

    The options were to either pay for a license to use the font (which the client wasn’t keen on as they were on a very tight budget) or change it to as near a match as I could get using google web fonts, we opted for the 2nd option and although it wasn’t a perfect match, it was close.

    That’s how I worked around it, but other people might have a better solution.

    That’s a completely different situation.

    Thread Starter mikemirandi

    (@mikemirandi)

    Thanks for the feedback shaman… similar situation, i just don’t want to have to use a close font when there was some way to make it work previously.

    esmi, if all i did was got CSS customization, why is there no longer the option to change the fonts of the theme? There was a dropdown menu to change the fonts and it’s no longer there when I went to .org

    why is there no longer the option to change the fonts of the theme?

    Because the customisation option you purchased is specific to wordpress.com sites. Try looking for a Google fonts plugin.

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