Custom fonts in Obsidian

> [!bug] This is a sub-page of [[Obsidian|Obsidian Bugs & Wishes]]. There’s currently a rather poor selection of fonts on Android: so, are no **custom fonts** possible in Obsidian? (By the way, this is a big, perhaps the biggest weakness *in Dynalist as well* – one of the *few* weaknesses of Dynalist. Dynalist offers only a handful of fonts, and what is worse, quite a few of them are *buggy* when displaying *non-English* text, featuring *diacritic* letters – particularly their *italic* variety.) Generally, I dislike **non-serif** fonts; there are *some* that I do like (such as **Futura**), but they are currently *not* available in Obsidian for Android. #### Current non-serif fonts in Obsidian for Android From among the non-serif fonts that *are* available on Android, I really like **Monaco**, but it appears that it doesn’t support **bold**, and so I had to discard it (I picked **Inter** instead, but don’t really like it all that much, because it seems to be a clone of the dull Arial font). I also like **Source Code Pro**, but it’s not suitable for *general* text (I did set it up for – you guessed it – viewing *source code*). Samsung’s **Rosemary** font is superb: I use it as the default font in many apps on my Samsung phone – but perhaps it’s proprietary, and so unavailable for use in Obsidian? 🤔 - What’s weird is that even some of my Samsung *tablets* don’t make it possible to download the Rosemary font… 😮 (In short, Rosemary appears to be available for *some* Samsung devices, but *not all* of them, even though *all* of my Samsung devices fall into the “flaghsip” category.) #### Current serif fonts in Obsidian for Android None of the *serif* fonts currently available in Obsidian for Android really seem suitable. I would very much appreciate if, for example, the outstanding **American Typewriter** font were available on Android, just like it is on the iPad! But because *American Typewriter* has trouble displaying **bold font** distinctly on a dark background, I ended up with the sans-serif *Futura* as the main Obsidian app font on my iPads, and I'm happy with it. I wish I could use *Futura* in Obsidian apps on my Android devices, too! It's in the fonts selection menu on my Android devices, but even if I select it as my *only* font, *Futura* refuses to get displayed on my Android devices. Other outstanding *serif* fonts include the likes of Merriweather, Bookerly, Clarendon, Sanchez, **Arvo**, and **Volkhov**. #### My fonts in Obsidian for Windows In case you’re wondering, in Obisdian for Windows desktop, my main font is **Bookman Old Style** – a very nice and legible one, too. *And* in case you’re wondering, my font for the source code on Windows is **Fixedsys Excelsior 3.01** (a hidden gem!). Plus, quite outrageously, my font for the Windows Obsidian interface is **Copperplate Gothic** (yup, that’s the “small caps” font). 😂 #### Resolving the issue? I found an [Obsidian forum thread](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/adding-a-custom-font-to-android-ios/68045) dealing with this issue, but the proposed solution seems so complicated I don’t dare to employ it. I think Obsidian on all platforms should make it possible to easily install additional **custom fonts**. Other apps can do it, so why not Obsidian? If this cannot easily be implemented in the near future, please at least *expand* the current selection of fonts on Android. (For the use of custom fonts, such as *Google fonts*, on an Obsidian **Publish** website, please go to: [[Google Fonts to experiment with on AveNotes (in Obsidian Publish)|Google fonts to experiment with in Obsidian Publish]].)