I really want the option to change the font weight from 400 (which seems to be the default) to a lighter 300, as shown in the URL below. 400 is a little too much on the bold/thicker side, and if I reduce the font, it will help with reducing the bold/thickness, but it will also shrink the font size down, which I do not want.
Thanks
Not all fonts support 300 weight, as 400 is “normal” much like 700 is the normal strong/bold.
Likely you would want to edit the style.css file to specify the font and the weight you want; or over ride classes with the custom css box in theme panel.
For me, I opted to edit my style.css to specify the font to use explicitly and the font weight I wanted.
For Google fonts, you can check their font site to see which fonts actually support the 300 weight, and then you probably would need to call that font weight from either adding the Google css to bottom of your style.css file, or edit the functions or fonts file depending on version of theme being used, to call the 300 weight.
Hope that made sense, or at least points you in a good starting direction to make that modification.
Hi,
Sorry for the late reply as I’ve been very busy.
I tried what you have said, and it still didn’t work.
I completed steps 1 & 2, here’s 3 & 4, and I did these too (reference: http://s30.postimg.org/ozrjkkh33/Steps_3_and_4.jpg)
-I inserted (3) into the very first line after my <head> tag.
-I inserted (4) in the bottom of my style.css exactly as it was shown. I also tried inserting it like this:
CSS selector {
font-family: ‘Roboto’, sans-serif;
}
Nothing seems to work…
Thanks.
Hi,
I have tested this on your site and noticed it dose work, just make sure you use a better selector for the element you want to style: http://screencast.com/t/xqfzmbH5Wl
Thanks
What do you mean, “better selector”? Do you mean font? I wish to use Roboto 300 to be exact.
I just don’t have any control over where I can place 400 or 300.. How can I get control of that?
BTW, I saw your screenshot @ http://screencast.com/t/xqfzmbH5Wl and it doesn’t look like mine does… weird.
And, now I’m getting another odd issue..
http://s17.postimg.org/f8rjxn3nh/Screen_Shot_2014_09_18_at_6_36_33_PM.png
http://s17.postimg.org/5bbh7gpq5/Screen_Shot_2014_09_18_at_6_36_41_PM.png
I tried all sorts of different fonts, tried messing with normal/default settings and customized typography settings but nothing budges… It just stays as Roboto.
Also, I have set, in Typography settings in Theme Panel, all the fonts to either Roboto or Oswald, and yet I still get fonts like Ubuntu, PT Sans, and Roboto Condensed showing up…
This is incredibly frustrating now.
Hi,
This are the result after changing the fonts from them panel:
http://screencast.com/t/6X5X2HSLm6 so it works, make sure you empty cache after changing them:
http://screencast.com/t/X9Piiz9ApKMU
Thanks
The switch from Roboto 400 to 300 is still not complete for me… Please help.
And for some reason, my Roboto font is crossed out and skips to the next font, which is Helvetica Neue…
This makes absolutely no sense.
Hi,
I have made the changes pointed above from your admin panel and worked fine for me so make sure you disable all plugins and empty cache like I wrote before and then try again.
The theme doesn’t have an option for font weight at the moment but you can changed it via css and we will consider this for future updates. If you don’t have basic css/php/html knowledge we recommend you to hire a developer to make this changes for you as we cannot offer custom work as we work hard on the development, updates, fixes and support. You can always get a freelancer from sites like: http://studio.envato.com/
Thanks for the message!
