Custom Font Not Recognised

[gijskruikemeier]

Hi All,

With the .json file below I am trying to use Montserrat as the font for my custom theme:

{
"name": "Waveform",
"textClasses": {
"callout": {
"fontSize": 45,
"fontFamily": "Montserrat",
"color": "#252423"
},
"title": {
"fontSize": 12,
"fontFamily": "Montserrat",
"color": "#252423"
},
"header": {
"fontSize": 12,
"fontFamily": "Montserrat",
"color": "#252423"
},
"label": {
"fontSize": 30,
"fontFamily": "Montserrat",
"color": "#FF0000"
}
},
"dataColors": ["#31B6FD", "#4584D3", "#5BD078", "#A5D028", "#F5C040", "#05E0DB", "#3153FD", "#4C45D3", "#5BD0B0", "#54D028", "#D0F540", "#057BE0"],
"background":"#FFFFFF",
"foreground": "#4584D3",
"tableAccent": "#31B6FD"
}

However, when using this custom theme, my fontFamily and color settings get completely ignored.

I have installed Montserrat on my console: it works in Word.

Does anyone have any idea how to solve this?

Thanks in advance.

[ivanjaen]

Years later this is still an issue

[TejasMahind]

Hi, 

How did you resolved this issue? I'm facing the same for using Open Sans

[parry2k]

@gijskruikemeier check this video if it helps

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[gijskruikemeier]

Hi @parry2k,

In this video. the added font Lato is recognised within Power BI Desktop as an applicable font. My problem is that my font, Montserrat, is not recognised as such when I follow the exact same steps as the guy in the video...

Could you show me how to explicitly use Montserrat in my Power BI Desktop visuals?

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

HI @gijskruikemeier,

Have you installed the same font on your device first? AFAIK, these font settings allow using the font that has already been installed.
You can't directly specific it to use a custom font that doesn't install or these visuals will ignore these settings and return the default fonts.
Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng