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loadFont()

Part of the @remotion/google-fonts package

Load a Google Font for use in Remotion.

  • Automatically blocks the render until the font is ready
  • Offers a way to narrow down weights, styles and character subsets.
  • Each loadFont() call is typesafe and available options are exposed through autocompletion.

Usage​

For production, load only the variants you need.

Load one style, weight and subset
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/Lobster';
import {AbsoluteFill} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['400'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

export const GoogleFontsExample: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill
      style={{
        fontFamily: fontFamily,
      }}
    >
      <h1>Google Fonts</h1>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Pass a specific style (e.g. normal, italic) and optionally weights and subsets to narrow down what gets loaded.

warning

Calling loadFont() without arguments loads all styles, weights and character subsets of a font. This can trigger a lot of network requests and may lead to warnings or timeouts.

info

A large font file paired with limited bandwidth can lead to a render timeout. By specifying the exact style, weights and subsets you need, the file size can be reduced and may prevent the render from timing out. If the problem persists, increasing the timeout can help further.

If you want to load multiple styles, use multiple loadFont() statements and narrow each call.

Load a specific style, weight and subset
import {AbsoluteFill} from 'remotion';
import {fontFamily, loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/Lobster';

const {waitUntilDone} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['400'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

// Optional: Act once the font has been loaded
waitUntilDone().then(() => {
  console.log('Font is loaded');
});

export const GoogleFontsExample: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill
      style={{
        justifyContent: 'center',
        alignItems: 'center',
        // Pass the `fontFamily` you imported as a style
        fontFamily: fontFamily,
        fontSize: 280,
      }}
    >
      <h1>Google Fonts</h1>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

If your project uses multiple fonts, load them in one module and export a waitForFonts() helper. If you measure text, see the higher-order component example and font loading troubleshooting.

Arguments​

All arguments and options are optional. Use TypeScript autocompletion or getInfo to discover available options. If no arguments are passed, all styles, weights and subsets are loaded.

style​

The font style we want to load. While each font has a different set of styles, common options are: normal, italic etc.

options​

weights?​

Array of weights that should be loaded. By default, all.

subsets?​

Array of font subsets that should be loaded. By default, all.

document?​

Allows you to specify a Document. If you want to inject the fonts into an iframe, you want to give it a ref and pass iframeRef.contentDocument to this parameter. By default, the global window.document is used.

ignoreTooManyRequestsWarning?v4.0.283​

If more than 20 network requests are made to load the font, then a warning will be printed to the console.
You can disable that warning by setting this option.

Return value​

An object with the following properties:

fontFamily​

The font family name, used as the fontFamily CSS property.

fonts​

Variant information about the font.

Example value
{
  normal: {
    '400': {
      'latin-ext': 'https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/titanone/v13/mFTzWbsGxbbS_J5cQcjCmjgm6Es.woff2',
      'latin': 'https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/titanone/v13/mFTzWbsGxbbS_J5cQcjClDgm.woff2',
    },
  },
}

unicodeRanges​

Unicode range information about the font.

Example value
{
  'latin-ext': 'U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF',
  'latin': 'U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD',
}

waitUntilDonev4.0.135​

A function that returns a promise that resolves when the font is loaded.

Load a font in the background
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/Lobster';

loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['400'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
})
  .waitUntilDone()
  .then(() => {
    console.log('Done loading');
  });

See also​