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How to upload your own font to Canva (Brand Kit)

Canva does not read the fonts installed on your computer. To use your own font you upload it to a Brand Kit, and after that it shows up in the font list of the editor. Uploading fonts is a feature of the paid plans.

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Steps

  1. Check your plan: uploading fonts is available in Canva Pro, Teams, Business, Education and Nonprofits, not in the free plan.In a team, only the owners, administrators and brand designers can upload fonts.
  2. Unzip the downloaded archive and find the font files: Canva accepts .ttf, .otf and .woff files of up to 15 MB.ZIP, EOT, SVG and WOFF2 files are not accepted: use the TTF or OTF files, not the WOFF2 files of a web kit.
  3. On the Canva home page open Brand in the side panel and choose your Brand Kit if you have several.
  4. Scroll to Fonts, choose Add to category, then Upload a font.
  5. Select the font file on your computer and click Open. Wait until the upload finishes.
  6. Upload bold and italic styles as separate files: a family can have up to 18 styles.
  7. Open a design, select a text box and find the font in the font list, among your brand fonts.

Tips

  • Canva does not support variable fonts: if the font page says the font is variable, look for static files (one file per weight) in the archive.
  • The font must be licensed for embedding: read the license on the font page; open licenses such as the SIL OFL generally allow it.
  • One Brand Kit holds up to 500 fonts.

Questions

Can I upload a font to Canva for free?

No: uploading fonts is a feature of the paid plans (Pro, Teams, Business, Education and Nonprofits). The free plan offers only the font library of Canva itself.

Which font files does Canva accept?

TTF, OTF and WOFF files of up to 15 MB. WOFF2, ZIP, EOT and SVG files are not accepted, and neither are variable fonts.

Does it work for Cyrillic or Kazakh letters?

Only if the font contains those letters. The font page in the catalogue shows which languages the font supports.

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