How to Change the Font of Your Post Titles

I’ve seen and heard of so many people who have trouble with this. It seems like all the tutorials are unnecessarily long and hard, and almost every person has some kind of trouble with them. What I want to do is try and create a simple, easy-to-understand tutorial on this, so that even the most inexperienced Blogger can use it easily. =) Alrighty – let’s try this thing.

Download Files

This is the first step. Download all three files and be sure to remember where they are. (right click links and save)

choose your font

I use dafont.com for all my fonts. Be sure to check the permissions on the font you want to use. Download your font. (It will be at least one TTF file) Remember where it is.

Convert TTF to SWF

Don’t be freaked out by the title! =D This is no biggie. In order for the titles to work, you have to upload a swf version of your font. To do that, go to sIFR Generator and upload your TTF font file.
sifr-upload
Follow the steps until you have a final, swf product to download:
downloadswfreviewwordverificationcharactersetchoosesifrtype
Again, remember where your new swf file is.

Sign into or create new webs.com account

webs.com
You’ll need webs.com to host all your files. You’ll be linking to these files in Blogger. (if creating a new account, follow al the instructions and be sure to choose “HTML only mode” if you are given an option.)

Open correct website for editing

account-home

Go to the File Manager

filemanager

Create new folder for your font and upload files

Click “New folder” and name it whatever you want. Now, you need to upload four files (click on “Single File Uploader” – it’s the blue button near the top) – the edit-me.js file, the css.css file, javascript.js file, and your swf file. Do them one at a time until they’re all there.

Edit the code of your edit-me.js file

Click the little pencil to the right of your edit-me.js file.
editcode
You are now in a text editor. If you want to keep everything simple and easy, then all you have to do is copy the direct link of your swf file, paste it into the edit-me.js file, and save.
copydirectlink-swfeditingcode
Now, this code automatically uses your font for Post Titles, Dates, and Sidebar Headings. (post title code and date code shown in photos above. Sidebar headings code is not shone.) If you don’t want your dates or sidebar headings to be the same font as your post titles, just delete the date and sidebar code.

Editing the CSS of your edit-me.js code

Let’s break the code down a little bit. We’ll work with the code for the post titles. (The CSS styling is exactly the same for all three.)
// Post Title Code.

sIFR.replace(beautydesignstudios, {
selector: 'h3.post-title',
fitExactly: false,
tuneHeight: -5,
css: ['.sIFR-root
{ color: #000000; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; }'
,'a { text-decoration: none; }'
,'a:link { color: #000000; }'
,'a:hover { color: #000000; }'

],
wmode: 'transparent',
ratios: [6, 1.93, 10, 1.92, 13, 1.86, 17, 1.82, 21, 1.8, 29, 1.79, 32, 1.78, 33, 1.77, 36, 1.78, 43, 1.77, 44, 1.76, 47, 1.77, 70, 1.76, 71, 1.75, 74, 1.76, 75, 1.75, 76, 1.76, 1.75]
});


//End Post Title Code.











All you need to worry about is the red code. This is the css that styles your post titles. (Very quickly – the blue code declares that we’re dealing with post titles, while the purple code is also css, but not important to us.)












{ color: #000000; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; }'








,'a { text-decoration: none; }'








,'a:link { color: #000000; }'








,'a:hover { color: #000000; }'











This code (above) declares what your post titles will look like. The first line is the color, font size, and font weight (decides if the font is normal or bold)








The second and third lines determine what the font looks like when it is a link.








The fourth line determines what the font will look like when you hover over it. Edit these lines as you like them (you can refer to this list of CSS styles to help you out), and do the same for the date and sidebar codes.








Install









Now we’re ready to install all these pieces in Blogger. Copy the code below and paste into your template code (Design/Edit HTML in Blogger) right above the </head> line.












<link href='CSS.CSS FILE DIRECT LINK' media='all' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>




<script src='JAVASCRIPT.JS FILE DIRECT LINK' type='text/javascript'/>








<script src='EDIT-ME.JS FILE DIRECT LINK' type='text/javascript'/>











All you need to do is paste the direct links into this code where stated. Save your template and you’re done!








template-editing








Example: before









example-before








Example: after









example-after








Questions or comments? Don’t hesitate to give me your thoughts! =D








*Credits*








The “Edit-me.js” code is a stripped-down, basic form of the code provided by Kevin and Amanda. I do not claim to have developed this code – it is not my work. I have only edited it slightly.

20 comments:

gracie said...

oh, thank you Hannah!! thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!! i always wanted to know how to do this, but K&A's tutorial was just to hard for me. so once again i say thank you :)

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

Haha you're welcome, Grace!! Glad it's a help to you!! =D

Savannah Jean said...

Awesome! You forgot to mention though that you need to take the TTF out of the zipped file. :) But thanks!!! Kevin and Amanda's tutorial never worked for me, so maybe this one will. (I'm working on it now.)

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

You're right - I did forget to mention that! =)

You're very welcome! =D

Ivania said...

Hey Hannah, I encountered a small problem. HOW does one obtain the direct link of the swf file? Is there a link I click or something? Thanks!

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

Well, after you've uploaded the swf file to your webs account, you'll see it listed in your folder. Just right click on the name and copy the link. =D You're welcome! =D

Ivania said...

Another question...
WHERE into my blog HTML do I paste that last bit of code? I'm a bit confused.

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

Oh my, I can't believe I forgot to mention that! =P Sorry about that. Just paste the code right before this line (I've omitted the first < so that Blogger would accept the comment) -

/head>

I'll go edit the tutorial...thanks for spotting that! =D

Savannah Jean said...

Hey! I was wondering if it was possible to center the new text?

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

Hey Qui! Yep, you sure can! In your "editme" file, just add text-align:center; to the selector: 'h3.post-title', section, right after css: ['.sIFR-root { color: #000000;

Anonymous said...

THANK. YOU. SOOO. MUCH. I finally figured out how to do this. I feel so accomplished. Olivia's tutorial from Robin Blogs was just a little too over my head...this one was so awesome and simple! Thanks again!

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

You're very welcome, Kendra! =D Glad you liked it!

Anonymous said...

Only one question -- do you know how to make it centered? and not so 'cut off'? For example: http://testing-kendra.blogspot.com/

If you know the answer, could you please email me at ismikendra(at)gmail(dot)com? thanks!

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

Two things - you'll need to go into the css for the post titles, and increase the line height until nothing is cut off. To center the titles, just add text-align:center; to the styling of the titles. =D

(I'll send you this via email, also.)

AriAnn said...

Hannah,
Thanks so much for your tutorial.
I have a small problem.
My font works for my post titles but not on my sidebar titles. Any hints?

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

Hey there! Try removing the following code from the sidebar titles block -

#sidebar

That should make it work just fine! Let me know if you run into any other problems... =D

Unknown said...

Thanks so much, Hannah! Just one question -- I tried to download the swf file, but it said the file didn't have a program associated with it for performing the action...? I'd be so glad if you knew of any way to fix this somehow. Sorry to bug you!

Hannah

http://hannahherself.com/

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

You're welcome, Hannah! Just be sure you're saving the file, not opening it. You don't actually need to open it - you just need to save it and then upload it to the converter.

Hannah Rose Beasley said...

Oops, I meant upload it to your webs.com account! =D

Unknown said...

Thanks so, so much!! It worked. :D