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Using a generic fallback of serif, sans-serif or monospace means there will always be a font available in every case.

Fonts are specified using a font-family, with the left most font being used if available, otherwise falling back to the next font in the family. Use Web Safe Fontsīack in the olden days, before font-face, choosing a Web Safe font meant using a font that is already installed on just about all computers using the web. In addition to the fonts published on Typekit, you can purchase a web licensed font from and add this to your Typekit account to use on your is a CSS based approach which allows you to download a particular font from your server to render a webpage if the user hasn’t got that font installed.

OM4 has published a WordPress plugin for Typekit that makes it easy to use Typekit fonts on WordPress. Typekit publishes a wide variety of fonts that can be used on websites. More about Typekit or other based services Some of these options may require some technical integration. Typekit and Google Fonts are for the web only, so they can be used on your website but not through desktop software. Sources of Web Fontsįonts purchased from MyFonts and FontShop can be purchased for web and desktop. If there isn’t a web licence, well, find an alternative font. If they don’t, you can always drop them a line and suggest they do. Don’t be surprised if it isn’t – not all font designers make their fonts available via a web license. If there is a specific font you want to use on the web, search for the font name and ‘webfont’ – that will tell you if it is available or not. Just because you can use a font on your computer doesn’t mean you are licensed to use it on your website. Most fonts have different licenses for desktop and web use. We’ve published this page to help make it easy for you to find and use beautiful fonts on your own site.

OM4 develops business websites using WordPress, so we’ve had a lot of experience integrating and using fonts. WordPress makes it possible to use a wide range of beautiful, licensed fonts on your website.