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Custom font in Power BI Service
Hi all,
I've been working with a custom font Oddlini in a PBI desktop report that works fine, but I'm getting issues in MS Fabric were some users are not seeing the Oddlini font.
I guess that the reason behind it is because those users have not installed the font locally, but I need to find a solution that can work for any user that uses that report without the need of installing anything.
Is there a practical way to solve this? like reading a font from a public web or something similar?
Thanks!
Hi mebg159 ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.
You are correct the issue stems from the Oddlini font not being installed on every user's system. Power BI Service currently does not support custom fonts like Oddlini unless they are installed locally on each viewer's machine. Additionally, Power BI does not permit loading fonts from external sources such as Google Fonts or CDNs, since HTML/CSS access and @font-face are not available.
The most effective solution is to convert your custom font elements, such as titles or headers, into images and use those in your report. This guarantees visual consistency for all users, regardless of font installation.
While this is a current platform limitation, I’m confident Microsoft will consider adding support for embedded or web fonts in the future.
Best Regards,
Tejaswi.
Community Support
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Hi mebg159 ,
Unfortunately, as far as I know the custom font does not work on Power BI service, Power BI App if its not locally installed.
You may render bigger text as an image may be for header or title.
If this post helps, please accept this as a solution. Appreciate your kudos.
Thanks,
Pallavi
Hi. All you need to know is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-HuBXB4ahc
I don't totally remember, but you can change, the thing is that it depends if the font is installed at the PC if it will be rendered at browser.
I hope that helps,
Hi mebg159 ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.
You are correct the issue stems from the Oddlini font not being installed on every user's system. Power BI Service currently does not support custom fonts like Oddlini unless they are installed locally on each viewer's machine. Additionally, Power BI does not permit loading fonts from external sources such as Google Fonts or CDNs, since HTML/CSS access and @font-face are not available.
The most effective solution is to convert your custom font elements, such as titles or headers, into images and use those in your report. This guarantees visual consistency for all users, regardless of font installation.
While this is a current platform limitation, I’m confident Microsoft will consider adding support for embedded or web fonts in the future.
Best Regards,
Tejaswi.
Community Support
