Buggy Behaviour after changing default theme font.

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    galachfiachaire · Member ·

    Hello there.

    Yesterday I started to put together my first real blog in WordPress.com, and I am stuck in a very annoying problem: when I change the default theme font, in all themes I had tried – and I had tried a lot of them – the site acts very strangely, as if it loaded the default theme font for just a second, and then it shows the font I had chosen.
    I had tried the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 1015, Baskerville, Suits, Lovecraft, Libretto, Edda, Libre, Argent, Ecto, Saga, Col, Minnow, Intergalactic and Hemingway Rewritten themes, all with the same effect. Doesn’t mind what font I use, every time I switch the default theme font, the problem kicks in.

    I cleared all my browsers to the bone, disabling any installed plugin on them, clearing the cache and cookies – I even used CCleaner to the task – and the problem was still there, in IE, Chrome, Edge and Opera. The only browser that seems unaffected is Firefox. The problem was present in my Windows Phone (IE and Chrome), and in my Android Tablet (Chrome).

    Since I browsed all I could and only found bits of information related to WordPress.org (and that wasn’t my case), I am asking your help. Is this normal? Or did I made some mistake and could not find it yet?

    Thank you very much,

    Erik Wroblewski

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    maryannbagnell · Member ·

    having same problem — site name flashes from default to selected font. site is 394mainst.com, ecto format. driving me crazy and my client won’t accept it. i also can’t control size or font of page headlines. what do i need “premium” for? i’ve contacted premium help multiple times and they gave me this code, which — when it works, which is sporadic — still doesn’t just display the name of site…it flashes and grows to correct size, but in selected font. help. now.

    .wf-loading body {
    visibility: hidden;
    }

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    thecollinmesser · Member ·

    @galachfiachaire

    This is common, but ideally should not happen. It’s called a “flash of unstyled content” of FOUC for short.

    What I’m seeing is that you have a unique font (vollkhorn?) that I don’t have saved on my computer, so when I load your site for the first time it has to download the font into my browser. It shows me the default font until the unique font is downloaded.

    There are a few reasons it could be happening. I’ll try to help you figure it out. How did you change the default font style? Did you change it in the Apprearance >> Customize section? Or are you using a plugin? It looks like a plugin to me but I might be wrong.

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    galachfiachaire · Member ·

    Hi, thecollinmesser,
    thanks for the reply.

    First of all, I am not using any plugin, I am just working with things that the theme is offering “out of the box”. I am using WordPress.com, not WordPress.org, and I am not aware that you can use plugins on WordPress.com, can I?

    Second, the problem happens every time I change a theme default font, to any other font. If I use the default fonts, the blog works perfectly; if I change to any other font available inside WordPress.com (any other font that is not the theme default), I get that error.

    Finally, I don’t have the fonts I wan to use installed on my computer, since, theoretically, they will be hosted on WordPress.com, as all my blog, since I am using a free account, hosted by Worpress.

    In my machine, as in my wife’s machine, we don’t get any prompt to install “missing fonts”.

    Thank you very much,

    Erik

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    timethief · Member ·

    @thecollinmesser
    Please read what I posted here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/add-paypal-link-to-free-site?replies=4#post-2494889 and be keenly aware of the WordPress.COM hosted blog and wordpress.ORG install differences before responding to any threads on this wordpress.COM support forum.

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    timethief · Member ·

    @galachfiachaire

    First of all, I am not using any plugin, I am just working with things that the theme is offering “out of the box”. I am using WordPress.com, not WordPress.org, and I am not aware that you can use plugins on WordPress.com, can I?

    The answer is no. There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

    Please confirm the URL of the site in question. We need to know what it is to confirm where it is hosted and provide accurate answers. Is http://thelostfellowship.wordpress.com/ the URL of the exact site you are actually referring to?

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    timethief · Member ·

    Second, the problem happens every time I change a theme default font, to any other font. If I use the default fonts, the blog works perfectly; if I change to any other font available inside WordPress.com (any other font that is not the theme default), I get that error.

    Aside from the default fonts only Google fonts can be used free of charge. https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/free-google-fonts/

    Have you consulted this support doc? https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

    If you have not purchased the premium or business upgrade, then note that no changes you try out aside from those such as Custom Background, Custom Header, etc. which are stated on the theme description pages in the features column (right hand side) will be visible to visitors.

    If you are using the preview mode for the Custom Design upgrade some of the settings in that mode will save but they won’t show up on the front end unless you purchase the upgrade.

    To go back to the free options, go to Appearance → Themes → Customize → Colors and click the “exit the preview” link in yellow at the top of the panel on the right.

    See also: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/video-tutorial-customizing-your-theme/

    See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable Premium bundle http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ that contains a custom design upgrade required for CSS editing:
    Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

    Note that if you purchase the upgrade required you can use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can create a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need with CSS editing.

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