Blocs 6.4 site fonts not showing in Safari & some other browsers

Hi all,

I have a Blocs 6.4 site using largely downloaded Google Montserrat webfont family which shows correctly on preview in Blocs. However, from the server online, Chrome on desktop shows the fonts correctly, as do DuckDuckGo and Comet browsers. However, Safari substitutes Montserrat with a serif font. On iOS, both on iPhone and iPad, Safari AND Chrome both substitute the serif font. My upload from Blocs contains all necessary formats of the font files, correctly stored in the fonts folder, and this problem seems only to have occurred recently, perhaps only in the last month, prior to which there did not appear to be any problem with fonts. The font files on the server have remained unchanged. Updates to Safari and Chrome are so commonplace that I have no record when either browser was last updated!

All a bit of a puzzle. Can anyone advise a solution to this problem, or point me in the right direction towards fixing it? Also, is there any means in Blocs to specify fallback fonts? Any help appreciated.

I recently have experienced issues with fonts, but locally (not displaying web fonts inside blocs). Try the latest beta and see if that solves your problem so you can wait for the next update (save on a different server folder to test).

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Nico:

How is your version of Blocs working now?

Rich the Weather Guy

Rich: I am using the latest beta and it is working great for me, but I think my issue was related to my system and not to blocs because it was happening on my B5 app too. Thanks to Norm help it works again with that beta fixes.

Well, after your post with font issues and now Hawkeye, I am a bit suspicious. I am still on 6.3.3.

I think there were a few other bugs as well, so I am just “Watching” at the moment.

Thanks Nico.

Rich the Weather Guy

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Have you always used the downloaded (self hosted) version of the Google font? Or was it originally used as a Google hosted version, then moved over.

Sometimes you can find the old Google hosted font is used in places, and causes the issue.

Norm:

How can you tell if a font is hosted, or installed?

Rich the Weather Guy

From a glance you can’t tell from the font dropdown without opening it, then you can filter fonts based on all, hosted, local and favourites.

Your selection should be highlighted.

Is it better to have then installed or hosted?

Does it make any difference? In other words, is one way better than another, and if so, why?

Thank you

Rich the Weather Guy

Self hosted is usually something you do because you use a very specific font that’s not on Adobe or Google fonts, or because you are in the EU and have additional GDPR rules to adhere to.

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Hi everyone,

Sincere apologies for not replying to any of your comments above. i’ve been swamped with other work, all of which had deadlines. Promise I’ll get back to this thread in a day or two to update you on how things are now.

Apologies again.