Google Font not loading

  • Resolved medievalreporter

    (@medievalreporter)


    1 year, 8 months ago

    I switched my site’s font to a Google Font using the Customizer and I installed the Host Google Fonts Locally plugin by EverPress. The plugin succesfully loads and stores the font (Libre Baskerville). Still, my site falls back on something resembling Times New Roman so Google Fonts don’t seem to be working with Blocksy.

    How can I fix this?

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  • Hello @medievalreporter

    Are you sure that you have set up the plugin correctly and have used the plugin that’s recommended inside the typography section?

    As far as I can see, the font is set properly inside the CSS, but no font files are loaded at all, which makes me think this might be a plugin problem.

    Thanks.

    Hello @medievalreporter

    Just a kind reminder about this one. Have you managed to verify the setup?

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter medievalreporter

    (@medievalreporter)

    Hi Eduard,

    1. I’m using the EverPress plugin called “Local Google Fonts”. I think that’s the one recommended by Blocksy.
    2. As for the settings, there’s not that much to choose from. I enabled “Load fonts automatically”. And Libre Baskerville is successfully being loaded, see: https://medievalreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fonts_plugin.png

    Is there something I’m missing here?

    Hello @medievalreporter

    Hmm, I have one more thing for you to try besides contacting the developer of the plugin.

    I can see there’s some optimisation plugin installed on your site. Have you tried with it completely disabled?

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter medievalreporter

    (@medievalreporter)

    Wow. That did the trick! I disabled WP-Optimize and my site immediately showed the correct font. Thanks a lot.

    I have one final question: are these plugins simply incompatible? I know you’re not doing support for WP-Optimize but maybe you know of a specific setting that’s causing this conflict?

    Hi @medievalreporter

    I had the right feeling. ??

    I don’t think these plugins are incompatible with each other, but it is a case of over optimisation – aka turning too many options on.

    First off, I would reset all WP Optimise settings to zero. Then start slowly by turning each option on and test.

    As a rule of thumb, I do not recommend turning any options on for CSS and JS files. Any respectable developer has already implemented minified files, and combining all of them into one is simply a bad idea.

    Hope this points you in the right direction!

    Thanks.

    Thread Starter medievalreporter

    (@medievalreporter)

    Thank you so much. I’ll try that and pinpoint the settings that’s causing this.

    Happy to have been of service, @medievalreporter!

    Let us know how it goes!

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