Using a Custom Font on Serve

On Serve, we use the default font, Inter. If you would like to use a different font, you can provide the font file and web licensing for us to implement onto your site instead.

How many fonts can be used on Serve?

Serve can support up to three fonts. One font can be applied globally across the entire site, or you can customize one font for headings, one font for button text, and one font for body text. In this example the bold text is the “Heading” font, the serif font is “Button” font, and all other text is the “Body” font.

 

 

What do I need to provide to use a custom font on Serve?

We need the web font file(s), as well as proof of web licensing unless it is a Google Font. (Which uses an open-source web license.) If you are using a Google Font, please tell us the name of the font and mention that it's a Google Font. For all other fonts, we legally cannot use a font file without proper proof of web licensing submitted with it, even if it is a free font. Web font files should be .woff or .woff2 files when they are purchased and/or downloaded.

Can I use an Adobe font?

Unfortunately, no. Adobe fonts use a script that is insecure and violates Olo PCI compliance standards. However, sometimes the same exact font (if not very similar) fonts are available on MyFonts.com so we recommend checking there to see if it is available for web use. 

Important: How to tell that your font is licensed for web use.

There are multiple types of licenses that an individual font or font family can have, such as Desktop, Web, App, etc.

We frequently receive font licensing that is only licensed for Desktop, which we cannot use. This is usually because the free version of most fonts are for desktop only. Desktop licenses are intended for design use & print media. A Desktop license will say something like "1-5 users" or "1-5 monitors", which means up to 5 downloads, as opposed to being able to use across the web.

A web license should give a number of pageviews across a span of time. For example, "10,000 page views per month." When choosing a web license, it's okay to use the lowest number of page views (which usually won't be less than 10,000, but can sometimes be 250,000.)

The proof of web licensing example below (in the form of a receipt) is licensed for web use. This type of receipt or the license document itself are both acceptable as proof of web licensing.

Review your font file types & license carefully in order to make sure we have the proper materials in order to use your custom font file on Serve.

Can I use the same licensing as my web font if I have an Olo-built Serve app?

Yes. Because the Serve app embeds the Serve site, you do not need to provide additional licensing.