Different fonts
Asked by Krista_McGruder:

I have only one font in my Confluence and it's bone ugly. Plus, I have all of six sizes, all ugly themselves, to choose from. How do I get more fonts and size options?

This tool is very limited and fine, if it has to be limited, why can't at least the font be good?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Krista_McGruder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3853492)

I'm sorry to hear that you don't like the fonts.

But to change the fonts, you need admin permission.

I think, there are two options for your administrator.

1. [Styling Fonts in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-fonts-in-confluence-174751968.html)
2. [Webfonts for Confluence (Free Plugin)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211012/webfonts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

I like and would recommend the first option. But I think you are restricted to some preinstalled web fonts, and not your own customized fonts.

Hope this gives an alternative.

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: Krista_McGruder
body: It's ok. After today, I have decided I'll build what I can in SharePoint and port over the images. Anything I can't build in SharePoint won't be a function on any pages in the space given Confluence's extremely limited offerings. I can redirect the users to SharePoint for everything Confluence can't do with a link that says: "Confluence can't do this. Please follow this link to SharePoint, which can."


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm sorry you have had such a bad experience, and have chosen to use the place where documents go to retire instead of a live wiki.

If you can't do it in Confluence, there's probably a good reason, like "it's not useful".


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Krista,

Besides the information that [@Dominic Lagger](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/601600) sent you, I also wanted to let you know that we have a feature request to be able to select additional fonts in the UI.

You can vote on this feature from the link below.

* [CONFSERVER-5309](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-5309) *Add font selection capabilities to WYSIWYG editing and Wiki markup modes*

Thank you again for the suggestion!

Shannon


author: repi
body: This is a simple, expandable approach for a user macro to set font color and size.  
It is easy to expand the font.

You had to create your own user macro.

Macro is rendered.
> ## @param Colour:title=colour\|type=string\|default=green  
> ## @param Size:title=size\|type=string\|default=20pt  
> \<span style="color: $paramColour; font-size: $paramSize"\>$body\</span\>

comments: author: Krista_McGruder
body: Not allowed to do anything of the sort.

How do I get colors and fonts in my version? The ones I have are atrocious.


author: repi
body: Without appropriate user rights, there is no chance.

Confluence attaches importance to content, functionality and uniformity. Various fonts, colors and other gadgets only disturb.


author: Krista_McGruder
body: Wow. Confluence is awful. The answer should never be to the customer: there is "no chance."  
You would think Atlassian would want their paying customers to have a chance.


author: repi
body: You have a chance if your administrator provides you with the rights or the appropriate tools.  
It has nothing to do with Atlassian or Confluence.  
It seems that your company does not want anything more than the basic functionality of Confluence to be available.


author: Krista_McGruder
body: Then what do you suggest I ask for? Admin rights are out of the question but they might be wiling to buy me something. What should I ask for to get a choice of fonts and colors, you know, the stuff that should be basic with each license. The upsell from Atlassian is abysmal


author: repi
body: Tell your admin what you need and he will tell you whether he can or will provide it to you.  
Various extras are associated with extra costs.

Have you ever looked at the demonstration space in your confluence?


author: Krista_McGruder
body: We don't have a demonstration space.

My admin is a female so "she" is appropriate.


author: repi
body: Every Confluence has a demonstration space as standard.  

By default, everyone has read rights there


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Repi,

To clarify, not all sites will have a Demonstration Space. Upon setup, the admin is presented with the option to install an Empty site, or an Example site. The Example site is the method that includes the Demonstration Space. It's also possible that the admin has since deleted the Demonstration Space since going live.

![Screen Shot 2020-04-24 at 4.20.55 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92061iA375011F9028559E/image-dimensions/390x274?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-04-24 at 4.20.55 PM.png")

[@Krista_McGruder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3853492), although the Demonstration Space is usually a great place to get an idea of how your Confluence spaces can look, I would recommend also checking out the following pages:

* [Confluence Examples](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeval/confluence-evaluator-resources/confluence-theming-examples-powered-by-confluence)
* [101 Things About Creating Pages in Confluence](https://www.atlassian.com/blog/confluence/confluence-101-5-things-about-creating-pages)
* [Examples of Beautiful Confluence Documentation](https://www.atlassian.com/blog/add-ons/5-real-life-examples-beautiful-technical-documentation)

Here, you can see how others have customized Confluence for use with their company.

Hopefully, that will give you a good idea of how Confluence can look and how others use it!

Take care,

Shannon


author: repi
body: Already looking for apps in the marketplace?

![Confluence_Marketplace.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91844i95E162EB49AB3AD0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence_Marketplace.png")


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