# Font Display

Elementor Pro Basic

Elementor offers a filter hook that lets developers overwrite the "Custom Fonts" font-display value. In other words, you can control how font files are loaded and displayed by the browser.

# Hook Details

  • Hook Type: Filter Hook
  • Hook Name: elementor_pro/custom_fonts/font_display
  • Affects: Frontend

# Font Display

The CSS font-display property defines how font files are loaded and displayed by the browser and can be set with one of the following values:

  • Default – The font display strategy is defined by the browser.
  • Blocking – Hides the text until the font has fully loaded.
  • Swap – Use a fallback-font to display, until the font has fully loaded.
  • Fallback – Hides the text for a minimal period and will use the font only if loaded within a few seconds.
  • Optional – Hides the text for a minimal period and will use the fallback-font unless the font is already fully loaded.

# Applying Font Display

# Google Fonts

It is possible to set the font-display value for "Google Fonts" from the WordPress admin. Simply go to ElementorSettingsAdvancedGoogle Fonts Load.

# Custom Fonts

In order to overwrite the font-display value for "Custom Fonts", the following actions should be applied:

Add the following filter in the Elementor Pro plugin folder:

/**
 * Control how font files are loaded and displayed by the browser.
 * Set the `font-display` property to `swap`.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function update_font_display() {

	return 'swap'; // Or any other value.

}
add_filter( 'elementor_pro/custom_fonts/font_display', 'update_font_display' );
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To regenerate CSS files from the admin (the value will be changed only after regenerating, go to ElementorToolsGeneralRegenerate CSS.