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Typography controls

The Typography tab sets how text looks everywhere — the fonts for headings and body, their sizes, and their weights. Type carries a lot of a store's personality, so these few controls change the feel of the whole site.

Typography reference

GroupControlOptionsWhat it does
FontsHeading font familyfont picker (customFonts + curatedFonts, ~22 curated grouped by category)The font for headlines. This carries most of your store's personality — it's the first thing a visitor reads and the thing they remember.
FontsBody font familyfont picker (customFonts + curatedFonts, ~22)The font for everything people actually read. Choose for legibility at small sizes before character; a beautiful body font that's hard to read costs you sales.
FontsDisplay / accent fontfont picker + "none" = inherit from headingAn optional third font for hero text and pull quotes. Used anywhere else it starts to look busy.
FontsCustom font uploadfile upload .woff2/.woff/.ttf/.otfUpload a licensed font of your own. Check your licence covers web use before you do.
WeightHeading weight300/400/500/600/700/800/900 (7 toggle buttons)How heavy headlines are. Heavier reads more confident and more commercial; lighter reads more editorial.
WeightBody weight300/400/500/600 (4 toggle buttons)The weight of running text. Too heavy tires the eye over a long page.
SpacingHeading letter spacing-0.03em / -0.02em / -0.01em / 0 / 0.02em / 0.04em / 0.06em (7 toggle buttons)The gap between letters in headings. Tightening slightly makes large headlines look deliberate; loosening suits small uppercase labels.
TransformHeading text transformnone / uppercase / capitalize (3 toggle buttons)Whether headings render as typed, ALL CAPS, or Title Case. Caps suit short labels and get shouty over a full sentence.
ScaleType scale ratio1.25 Compact / 1.333 Classic / 1.414 Bold / 1.618 Golden (4 toggle buttons)How much bigger each heading level is than the one below it. A small ratio reads calm and editorial; a large one gives dramatic headlines and can crowd a phone screen.

9 controls in this group. Generated from the live theme-control matrix.

What happens — and what doesn't

  • Typography is store-wide: a font choice restyles every heading or paragraph at once.
  • Heading and body fonts can differ, which is how you pair a display font with a readable body font.
  • Changes preview live and publish with the rest of your theme.
Can I use different fonts for headings and body text?

Yes. Typography lets you set separate fonts, sizes, and weights for headings and body, so you can pair a display font with a readable body font.

Do font changes apply to every page?

Yes — typography is a store-wide theme setting, so it restyles text across the whole storefront.