Font Library

[matiasbenedetto]

What?

Font Library consists of a font manager that enables users to install, remove, and activate typographic fonts from various sources in WordPress.

The Font Library is available globally, independently of the theme activated, similar to the Media Library. This list of installed fonts and their assets are site-wide available, and the users can select the fonts activated (available in the editor) for each theme.

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🖼️ Mockups

• Global Styles/Typography: Managing fonts #45271

💻 Development

The development of the Font Library has been split into three logic stages to make it easier to review and ship progressively:
- #52698
- #53307
- #53926
Stages 1 and 2 are intended to be released as part of WordPress 6.4.

This was planned originally for 6.4, but due to the fact it was punted to 6.5, the tracking issue for the tasks needed to font Library ready to merge in core are tracked in this issue:

• Font Library: WordPress 6.5 Required Tasks #55277

🧪 Previous explorations around this:

#46332
#50102

[Ren2049]

Is there a chance to include a selection of operating system font stacks like suggested here? WordPress/twentytwentyfour#175

https://github.com/system-fonts/modern-font-stacks

Not be confused with web safe fonts or the usual default serif and sans stacks, here they are grouped by typeface category based on what users have typically installed on their systems using one of the operating systems. OS ship quite a lot of fonts these days and these stacks take advantage of that by categorizing them.

[matiasbenedetto]

Is there a chance to include a selection of operating system font stacks like suggested here?

Yes, I think it's a good idea. Here is an issue to get feedback about this idea: #54186 . I linked the discussion on stage 2 tracking issue.