Custom Design Package Upgrade

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  aimeestgermain · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 9:55 pm

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  Hello,

  I am considering purchasing the Custom Design bundle for my blog, Cooking the Strip – http://www.cookingthestrip.com I want to know how customizeable my blog will be once I purchase the upgrade. Can I change colors, adjust font sizes? Can I change the theme organization and spacing between various elements? Can I change the header/banner image size? Also, am I restricted to fonts available through WordPress or is it possible to upload different custom fonts? I am looking fonts called “Matilde” and “Swiss721 BT”

  I have also seen other blogs that appear to use custom fonts, but as the blog page is loading, it seems that the custom fonts don’t load immediately, and appear in a default before switching over to the custom design. Would this happen with this scenario?

  Thank you for your assistance.
  Aimee St.Germain

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 15, 2013 at 10:05 pm

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  Out of all you have listed, you can do everything except greatly alter the organization of the theme and provide your own fonts.

  You can preview everything at Appearance -> Custom Design in your blog’s Dashboard. You would need to buy the upgrade to save changes, but you can preview for free.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

  Regarding fonts not loading immediately, this is normal. If the font does not already exist on the visitor’s system, it has to be downloaded by the browser before displaying, but it usually takes less than a second. Most people don’t even notice it. For example, these forums also use a webfont.