🔡 Using Google Fonts in your Glide App!

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:waving_hand: Hey fellow Gliders!

Did you know you can integrate Google Fonts into your Glide app? While Glide offers clean and beautiful built-in styling, adding a custom font can enhance your app’s visual appeal and brand consistency.


The process is straightforward:

  1. Choose Your Font: Head over to fonts.google.com and select the desired font for your app.
  2. Grab the @import Code: Once you’ve chosen your font, select “Get font,” then “Get embed code,” and switch to the @import tab. Copy the URL within the <style> tags.
  3. Add to Glide’s Custom CSS: In your Glide app, go to Settings > Appearance > Custom CSS. Paste the @import URL here. This tells Glide which font families are available.
  4. Apply CSS Classes:
  • Component-Specific: To apply a font to a specific component (like a text block or title), give that component a CSS class (e.g., font-header). Then, in your Custom CSS, target that class (e.g., .font-header { font-family: 'Your Chosen Font', sans-serif; }).
  • Global App Font: To set a default font for your entire app, target the #page-root element in your Custom CSS (e.g., #page-root { font-family: 'Your Chosen Font', sans-serif; }). This will apply the font to most of your app’s text, including titles, menus, and buttons.
  • Override with !important: If you have conflicting styles or want to ensure a specific font takes precedence, you can use !important in your CSS rule (e.g., font-family: 'Your Chosen Font', sans-serif !important;).

By leveraging Google Fonts, you gain greater control over your app’s typography, making it stand out and deliver a more polished user experience.

:index_pointing_at_the_viewer: What are your favorite font pairings for app design? Share in the comments!

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Epic! Thanks Robert!! Using consistent fonts across branding is crucial in the design phase, thank you for outlining this!

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My pleasure!

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Great stuff! Thanks for posting

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This is very useful. Thank you, Robert.

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You are a genius, thank you so much :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: