How do I change the font color of the main text?

eunicejana · Member · May 5, 2015 at 7:43 pm
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I would like to change the font color for my blog posts, but that doesn’t seem to be a setting in the Customizer. Is this possible with CSS? My theme is Alto.

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staff-totoro · Staff · May 7, 2015 at 5:25 am
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Hi there,

What color are you trying to change the text to? Are you trying to change the text color for all text on the site, or just the body text that is found within blog articles. i.e. the text you type when you compose your blog posts.

Thanks for the additional info!
eunicejana · Member · May 8, 2015 at 6:35 pm
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Hi jerrysarcastic,

I’m trying to change the text color for the body text, the menu text, and other text that is not adjustable via Customizer (like header, link color) to either 231F20 or 000000. The body text is my top priority.

Thanks!
staff-totoro · Staff · May 8, 2015 at 7:38 pm
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Gotcha. You can try the following block of code, entered into the CSS tab of your site customizer here: https://wordpress.com/customize

Here is the code to paste in:
```
.entry-body .entry-content .entry-text, 
.entry-body .page-content .entry-text {
  color: #000;
}
```
If you like you can replace the #000 color code (black) with something else to find what works for you. Feel free to experiment, and be sure to save your changes when you are done.
eunicejana · Member · May 11, 2015 at 4:47 pm
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Thanks jerrysarcastic!

Do you know how to change the text color of the menu items as well?
thesacredpath · Member · May 12, 2015 at 12:13 am
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To change the color of the menu item labels, add the following and adjust the color as desired.
```
#site-navigation a {
    color: #cc0000;
}
```
theyearlinghouse · Member · May 12, 2015 at 2:29 am
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Hi,

I am using the free version of ‘Big Brother ‘ theme for my blog site. I do not see the custom CSS tab / location.
Can you please help.

Thanks.
thesacredpath · Member · May 12, 2015 at 1:52 pm
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Hi @theyearlinghouse, Custom Design is a feature of the WordPress.com Premium Plan upgrade.

You can try out and preview Custom CSS before you buy as explained here.
eunicejana · Member · May 12, 2015 at 4:11 pm
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Worked. Thanks!
thesacredpath · Member · May 12, 2015 at 5:11 pm
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You are welcome.

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