Uploading Custom Fonts on Squarespace
Squarespace Just Made Branding Easier: You Can Now Upload Your Own Fonts
For a long time, one of the biggest frustrations when building a website on Squarespace was font limitations. If the platform didn’t offer the exact font your brand used, designers had to rely on custom code workarounds to upload fonts manually. And while that worked, it came with a problem. Every time Squarespace released an update, there was always the risk that the code could break. Now, Squarespace has quietly solved that issue. You can upload your own custom fonts directly inside the platform, no coding required.
And if you care about branding and design, this is a big deal.
Why Custom Fonts Matter for Branding
Your fonts are one of the most recognizable parts of your brand. Think about it like this, your website design is made up of three major elements:
Color
Typography
Layout
If your typography doesn’t match your brand, the website can feel almost right, but not quite. Before this update, designers had to choose between:
Settling for a similar Squarespace font
Adding custom code to upload the real one
Now you can simply upload the exact font your brand uses. This means your website can finally match your logo, your brand guidelines, and your marketing materials without any complicated workarounds.
The Best Part: No More Custom Code
Previously, uploading fonts required CSS and manual font hosting. That meant uploading font files, writing custom code, linking the font through CSS, and troubleshooting when updates broke something; and if Squarespace changed how the platform handled fonts, the code could stop working.
Now Squarespace handles everything inside the design panel.
How to Upload Custom Fonts in Squarespace
Uploading your own fonts is surprisingly simple.
Open your Squarespace site editor
Go to Design.
Click Fonts.
Click on your desired font (i.e. headings or paragraph)
Click on the current font name
Look for the upload font icon
Upload your custom font to Squarespace
Squarespace supports common font formats like:
WOFF
WOFF2
TTF
OTF
Once uploaded, the fonts become available inside your font styling options, just like the built-in fonts.
A Small Feature That Makes a Big Difference
At first glance, uploading fonts might seem like a small update. But it actually removes one of the most common friction points when building branded websites. It allows designers and business owners to create websites that fully match their visual identity without needing to learn code or hire a developer. And honestly, this is exactly the direction website platforms should be moving in.
Final Thoughts
If you’ve ever struggled to get your website typography to match your brand, this new feature is worth exploring. It’s a simple change that gives you much more design freedom without adding complexity. And if you’re building your website with a template, it also makes customization easier because you can instantly apply your brand fonts across the entire site.