# 🔡 Using Google Fonts in your Glide App!

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224>\
**Category:** Community Resources\
**Created:** [June 3, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224 "2025-06-03T15:00:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/1 "2025-06-03T15:00:51Z")

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# 👋 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.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/7/e79cde6a75710e65027cf6a63849647e7e8ea4bc.jpeg "Glide: Add Custom Google Fonts to Your App in 5 EASY Steps! 🔡") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9pY_UxORec)

The process is straightforward:

1. **Choose Your Font:** Head over to [fonts.google.com](http://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.

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

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**Author:** ![Myles\_Chaput](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/myles_chaput/32/62176_2.png) [@Myles\_Chaput](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Myles_Chaput)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/2 "2025-06-03T21:44:44Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/3 "2025-06-04T00:24:15Z")

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My pleasure!

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrew_davies/32/41838_2.png) [@Andrew\_Davies](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrew_Davies)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/4 "2025-06-05T07:50:35Z")

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Great stuff! Thanks for posting

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**Author:** ![Javieri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/javieri/32/83005_2.png) [@Javieri](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Javieri)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/5 "2025-06-05T08:26:22Z")

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This is very useful. Thank you, Robert.

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**Author:** ![fk1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fk1214/32/71058_2.png) [@fk1214](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fk1214)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/6 "2025-06-05T11:27:57Z")

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You are a genius, thank you so much 😄

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/8 "2025-06-25T13:25:58Z")

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Updated OP with more polished video. Thank you to those who messaged me with the request to reshoot the video with better audio 😅

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**Author:** ![aurora](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/aurora/32/90066_2.png) [@aurora](https://community.glideapps.com/u/aurora)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/9 "2025-11-05T14:39:21Z")

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Thank you so much!!! 🤩 Made me and all of our customers extreeeeemely happy

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-google-fonts-in-your-glide-app/82224/10 "2025-11-05T22:42:56Z")

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That’s what I like to hear!