Hi! I want to know if it is possible to setup the XWiki instance using our brand font. If so
- Which folder should I put it in the server?
- What file type should be used (e.g., .ttf)?
Thanks in advance!
Hello,
Yes you can. There’re several options.
1st, you can add your font file (ttf) locally. If you check the XWiki repo page. All fonts are stored in webapp/WEB_INF/fonts folder.
- Add one of your font (or any other ttf files) into
/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/fonts. You need to restart your wiki after these changes. - After restarting it remains only to choose it
- For this you shall navigate to Administer Wiki → Look & Feel → Themes → Customize, from Color Theme section → click on Typography
- Fill the name of your font and check the preview window (it’ll refresh automatically)
- Finally, if you’re okay with the representation, press “Save”
If the name was filled correctly, you’ll see changes in text fonts after autorefresh. For instance, I’ve downloaded and put a .ttf file with the name of font “Cooper*” after I followed the steps - I’ll see a font in my XWiki.
2nd option, You can use remote fonts - it can be set up according to this reply - How to modify fonts on 10.6.1 Version of XWiki? - #2 by ClemensRobbenhaar
Hope, after this, you’ll see a nice brand font in your XWiki
You can also consider adding the customized CSS to the theme you use.
There are at least two ways you can do this:
1/ Global Administration, Look & Feel, Presentation, HTTP Meta Info:
add the necessary CSS as you would write in an HTML HEAD section here. This will be applied to all pages regardless of what theme you use.
2/ Global Administration, Look & Feel, Themes, Color Theme (selected theme), Customize, Advanced:
add in the necessary CSS/Less code. This will only apply to the selected theme.
Personally, I went with #1 and I use the google web fonts for my customized font.
[edit] Also, I go to the typography section to include the new fonts that I’ve included from my CSS code.
Hi! After upgrading to XWiki Debian 16.8.0, something is failing here, or I don’t understand how customization of fonts does work in XWiki.
Before the update, the following settings show the right font in the browser:
These are the contents of /usr/lib/xwiki/WEB-INF/fonts:
rjr@IGFAE-MU-07-MacPro:/usr/lib/xwiki/WEB-INF/fonts$ ls -la
total 50788
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 2 19:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 oct 2 19:25 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6904 sep 25 2023 AUTHORS-freefont
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23240 sep 25 2023 CREDITS-freefont
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 295360 sep 25 2023 FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 296284 sep 25 2023 FreeMonoBold.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 390692 sep 25 2023 FreeMonoOblique.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 584424 sep 25 2023 FreeMono.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 342488 sep 25 2023 FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 416128 sep 25 2023 FreeSansBold.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 763696 sep 25 2023 FreeSansOblique.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1563256 sep 25 2023 FreeSans.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 608708 sep 25 2023 FreeSerifBoldItalic.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1310828 sep 25 2023 FreeSerifBold.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 922088 sep 25 2023 FreeSerifItalic.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3303588 sep 25 2023 FreeSerif.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10385096 sep 25 2023 gulim.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8061296 sep 25 2023 ipam.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35147 sep 25 2023 LICENSE-freefont
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 482 sep 25 2023 LICENSE-gulim
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9062 sep 25 2023 LICENSE-ipam
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4301 sep 25 2023 LICENSE-noto
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6901 sep 25 2023 LICENSE-uming
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 418804 sep 25 2023 NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5115 sep 25 2023 README-freefont
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 581 sep 25 2023 README-gulim
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 420 sep 25 2023 README-noto
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 855 sep 25 2023 README-uming
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91980 sep 3 00:38 RoobertBoldItalic.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86804 sep 3 00:38 RoobertBold.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90592 sep 3 00:38 RoobertHeavyItalic.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86120 sep 3 00:38 RoobertHeavy.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90692 sep 3 00:38 RoobertLightItalic.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85888 sep 3 00:38 RoobertLight.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92408 sep 3 00:38 RoobertMediumItalic.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87040 sep 3 00:38 RoobertMedium.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92332 sep 3 00:38 RoobertRegularItalic.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87140 sep 3 00:38 RoobertRegular.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92116 sep 3 00:38 RoobertSemiBoldItalic.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87100 sep 3 00:38 RoobertSemiBold.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4581 sep 25 2023 TROUBLESHOOTING-freefont
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21053592 sep 25 2023 uming.ttc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6060 sep 25 2023 USAGE-freefont
rjr@IGFAE-MU-07-MacPro:/usr/lib/xwiki/WEB-INF/fonts$
After the upgrade, I’m not able to use Roobert as our brand font.
Could the upgrade be the responsible for the new behaviour? Must I get Roobert as my site font with the Typography settings show above?
Thanks for your help!
I also updated myself up to 16.8.0 2 days ago, and I am not encountering such issue.