@font-face in Gmail
Not supported @font-face is not supported in Gmail.
Works in 6 of 21 · not supported in 15
Which clients
- Works
- Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Superhuman
- Not supported
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Proton Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail
Your reader in Gmail sees the email without @font-face, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Gmail
Add web-safe font fallback stack
/* Keep @font-face for clients that support it */
@font-face {
font-family: 'CustomFont';
src: url('custom.woff2') format('woff2');
}
h1 {
font-family: 'CustomFont', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}Show the original
@font-face {
font-family: 'CustomFont';
src: url('custom.woff2') format('woff2');
}
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What Gmail does with @font-face
@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code
Gmail does not support "@font-face". Roboto and Google Sans can be used, but only because they're embedded with the webmail's own styles.
caniemail record, tested upstream 19 Dec 2023
- Not supported. Roboto and Google Sans can be used, but only because they're embedded with the webmail's own styles.
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Questions
- How many email clients support @font-face?
- It works in 6 of 21, not supported in 15.
- What do I use instead of @font-face in Gmail?
- Add web-safe font fallback stack.
- Does @font-face work in Gmail iOS?
- @font-face is not supported in Gmail iOS. Closest to Gmail: Gmail iOS, which agrees on 251 of the 300 features both are tested on.
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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 19 Dec 2023 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping