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Using fonts

Here are some ways how you can use custom fonts in Remotion.

Google Fonts using @remotion/google-fonts​

available from v3.2.40

@remotion/google-fonts is a type-safe way to load Google fonts without having to create CSS files.

MyComp.tsx
tsx
import { loadFont } from "@remotion/google-fonts/TitanOne";
const { fontFamily } = loadFont();
const GoogleFontsComp: React.FC = () => {
  return <div style={{ fontFamily }}>Hello, Google Fonts</div>;
};
MyComp.tsx
tsx
import { loadFont } from "@remotion/google-fonts/TitanOne";
const { fontFamily } = loadFont();
const GoogleFontsComp: React.FC = () => {
  return <div style={{ fontFamily }}>Hello, Google Fonts</div>;
};

Google Fonts using CSS​

Import the CSS that Google Fonts gives you. From version 2.2 on, Remotion will automatically wait until the fonts are loaded.

note

This does not work if you use lazyComponent.

font.css
css
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bangers");
font.css
css
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bangers");
MyComp.tsx
tsx
import "./font.css";
 
const MyComp: React.FC = () => {
  return <div style={{ fontFamily: "Bangers" }}>Hello</div>;
};
MyComp.tsx
tsx
import "./font.css";
 
const MyComp: React.FC = () => {
  return <div style={{ fontFamily: "Bangers" }}>Hello</div>;
};

Example using local fonts​

Put the font into your public/ folder and use the staticFile() API to load the font. Use the FontFace browser API to load the font. Click here to read the syntax that can be used for the Font Face API.

Put this somewhere in your app where it gets executed:

load-fonts.ts
tsx
import { continueRender, delayRender, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
const waitForFont = delayRender();
const font = new FontFace(
  `Bangers`,
  `url('${staticFile("bangers.woff2")}') format('woff2')`,
);
 
font
  .load()
  .then(() => {
    document.fonts.add(font);
    continueRender(waitForFont);
  })
  .catch((err) => console.log("Error loading font", err));
load-fonts.ts
tsx
import { continueRender, delayRender, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
const waitForFont = delayRender();
const font = new FontFace(
  `Bangers`,
  `url('${staticFile("bangers.woff2")}') format('woff2')`,
);
 
font
  .load()
  .then(() => {
    document.fonts.add(font);
    continueRender(waitForFont);
  })
  .catch((err) => console.log("Error loading font", err));
note

Make sure to include quotes around the URL.
The format should be one of woff2 for WOFF2 files, woff for WOFF, opentype for OTF, truetype for TTF.

The font is now available for use:

MyComp.tsx
tsx
<div style={{ fontFamily: "Bangers" }}>Some text</div>
MyComp.tsx
tsx
<div style={{ fontFamily: "Bangers" }}>Some text</div>
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