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Typography ​

This guide describes the Theme settings > Typography menu options.

Use the menu options to set how text is displayed throughout your store. Refer to Shopify help: Typography.

The Header font options, inside the Theme settings Typography menu, in Theme editor.

In the previous image, a store's home page is displayed. In the upper right, part of Theme editor's Theme settings > Typography menu is displayed. The menu's Uppercase header option is enabled. This setting applies uppercase to text in the store's Header section. At the top of the store's home page, the Header items Shop, Restaurant, Recipes, and About are displayed using uppercase.

For general guidance with adjusting a theme setting, refer to Settings overview and Shopify help: Theme settings.

Configure Typography ​

To configure your Typography settings:

  1. In Theme editor, go to Theme settings > Typography.

    Theme editor's Typography Theme settings menu.

  2. Select a setting described in the following table.

Setting nameDescription
Base font sizeAdjust the Base font size slider to set a size for the base font in pixels or px. The minimum size is 13 px, and the maximum is 22 px. All text throughout your store is scaled relative to the base font size.
Line heightAdjust the Line height slider to set the spacing between lines of text (line height) for the base font. The minimum height is 1 and the maximum is 2.
Headings > FontUse the Font picker to specify a font for headings. Refer to Setup a font.
Headings > UppercaseSet the Uppercase checkbox to on or off. With this option enabled, uppercase is applied to heading text.
Headings > LetterspacingAdjust the Letterspacing slider to set the spacing between text characters (letters) for headings. The minimum height is -50 and the maximum is 200.
Headings > Heading line heightAdjust the Heading line height slider to set the spacing between lines of text (line height) for headings. The minimum height is 0.7 and the maximum is 1.5.
Standard headings > Mobile font size scaleAdjust the Mobile font size scale slider to set a default font size for standard heading text (titles). This setting is applied to section titles and main section headings on mobile displays. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 5. Refer to Shopify help: Customize your font sizes.
Standard headings > Desktop font size scaleAdjust the Desktop font size scale slider to set a default font size for standard heading text (titles). This setting is applied to section titles and main section headings on desktop displays. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 7. Refer to Shopify help: Customize your font sizes.
Feature headings > Mobile font size scaleAdjust the slider Mobile font size scale to set a default font size for feature headings. The setting applies to Product, Collection, Article, and Feature page templates on mobile displays. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 7. Refer to Shopify help: Customize your font sizes.
Feature headings > Desktop font size scaleAdjust the slider Desktop font size scale to set a default font size for feature headings. The setting applies to Product, Collection, Article, and Feature page templates on on desktop displays. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 11. Refer to Shopify help: Customize your font sizes.
Secondary headings > Mobile font size scaleAdjust the slider Mobile font size scale to set a default font size for secondary heading text. This setting applies to the Blog post grid, Text columns, and other secondary headings on mobile displays. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 4. Refer to Shopify help: Customize your font sizes.
Secondary headings > Desktop font size scaleAdjust the slider Desktop font size scale to set a default font size for secondary heading text. This setting applies to the Blog post grid, Text columns, and other secondary headings on desktop displays. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 7. Refer to Shopify help: Customize your font sizes.
Main > FontUse the font picker to specify a font for main (body) text. Refer to Setup a font.
Extras > Header fontUse the Header font options to set the text inside the header area to use the same font as Body (main) or Heading text.
Extras > Uppercase headerSet the Uppercase header checkbox to on or off. With this option enabled, uppercase is applied to text in the Header area.
Extras > Button fontUse the Button font options to set button (label) text to use the same font as Body (main) or Heading text.
Extras > Uppercase buttonsSet the Uppercase buttons checkbox to on or off. With this option enabled, uppercase is applied to button (label) text.
Extras > Sticker and badge fontUse the Sticker and badge font options to set sticker and badge text to use the same font as Body (main) or Heading text.
Extras > Uppercase stickersSet the Uppercase stickers checkbox to on or off. With this option enabled, uppercase is applied to sticker and badge text.
Extras > Uppercase product tilesSet the Uppercase product tiles checkbox to on or off. With this option enabled, uppercase is applied to text inside product tiles.

Setup a font ​

To setup fonts and font styles:

  1. In Theme editor, go to Theme settings > Typography.

  2. In the Typography menu, locate the type of text you want to set up (like Headings or Main text).

    Examples of types of text with font pickers in the Font area of Theme setting's Typography menu

  3. Select Change.

    For example, in the following image, Change is selected for Headings text.

    The Change button for selecting a font in Theme setting's Typography menu

  4. In the Search box, enter the name of a font.

    Alternatively, use the font picker to select a font from the font sets described in the following table. Select Load more to access more fonts in each set.

    Font set nameDescription
    System fontsA set of default system fonts. System fonts load quickly and their appearance might change according to the visitor's device type and web browser. Refer to Shopify help: Fonts
    Other fontsFonts from Shopify's library that are not part of the default system font set.

    The font picker's font sets in Theme setting's Typography menu

  5. Inside the font picker area, use the dropdown to select a font style (if available).

    Font styles might include Thin, Thin Italic, Light, Light Italic, Extra Light, Extra Light Italic, Regular, Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, Semi Bold, Semi Bold Italic, Bold, Extra Bold, Extra Bold Italic, Black, and Black Italic.

    The font picker's font styles dropdown in Theme setting's Typography menu

  6. Choose Select.

    The font picker's select button in Theme setting's Typography menu