Linking multiple font files of the identical typeface to their respective CSS styles

I recently purchased the Didot font from myfonts.com, which includes different styles such as regular, bold, italics, and bold italics (each in separate files).

While using WordPress, I noticed that when my users write articles with bold and italic text, the default font style is always set to regular. This results in the italics appearing as a modified version of the regular font, rather than the true italic style advertised on myfonts.com.

Despite reaching out to customer service for assistance with these development issues, they were unable to provide a solution. How can I ensure that the appropriate font file is used for each style on my WordPress site?

Below is the CSS code provided by myfonts.com that should be added:

@import url("//hello.myfonts.net/count/xxxxx");

@font-face {font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro';font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.eot');src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.ttf') format('truetype');}

@font-face {font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro';font-weight: bold;font-style: italic;src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.eot');src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.ttf') format('truetype');}

@font-face {font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro';font-weight: normal;font-style: italic;src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.eot');src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.ttf') format('truetype');}

@font-face {font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro';font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.eot');src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.ttf') format('truetype');}
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Answer №1

Your @font-face declarations need to be different for each font style (LinotypeDidoteTextPro-normal, LinotypeDidoteTextPro-bold-italic, LinotypeDidoteTextPro-italic, LinotypeDidoteTextPro-bold) in order for your CSS to work properly. Additionally, using classes like "bold" and "italic" instead of elements like "b" and "i" will ensure that your bold italic font displays correctly.

The correct CSS file should look like this:

@font-face {font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro-normal'; src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.eot');src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.ttf') format('truetype');}

@font-face {font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro-bold-italic'; src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.eot');src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.ttf') format('truetype');}

@font-face {font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro-italic'; src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.eot');src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.ttf') format('truetype');}

@font-face {font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro-bold'; src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.eot');src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.ttf') format('truetype');}

body{
    font-family: "LinotypeDidoteTextPro-normal";
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;    
}
i,
.italic{
    font-family: "LinotypeDidoteTextPro-italic";   
}
b,
.bold{
    font-family: "LinotypeDidoteTextPro-bold";   
}
b i,
i b,
.bold.italic{
    font-family: "LinotypeDidoteTextPro-bold-italic";    
}

As @Albert mentioned, you can improve browser compatibility and reduce the need for overrides by including font-weight and font-style in your @font-face declarations. Here is an optimized version:

@font-face {
    font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro';
    src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.eot');
    src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx1.ttf') format('truetype');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;}

@font-face {
    font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro';
    src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.eot');
    src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx2.ttf') format('truetype');
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: italic;}

@font-face {
    font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro';
    src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.eot');
    src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx3.ttf') format('truetype');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: italic;}

@font-face {
    font-family: 'LinotypeDidoteTextPro';
    src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.eot');
    src: url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx.woff') format('woff'),url('webfonts/xxxxxxx4.ttf') format('truetype');
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: normal;}

body{
    font-family: "LinotypeDidoteTextPro";
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;    
}
i, .italic{ font-style: italic; }
b, .bold{ font-weight: bold; }

Answer №2

Almost there! Just tidy up your syntax a bit. Here's how you can declare Open Sans Regular for font-weights regular and bold:


@font-face {
    font-family: "open_sansregular";
    src: url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/open-sans-regular.eot");
    src: url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/open-sans-regular.eot?#iefix") format("embedded-opentype"),
         url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/open-sans-regular.woff") format("woff"),
         url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/open-sans-regular.ttf") format("truetype"),
         url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/open-sans-regular.svg#open_sansregular") format("svg");
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
}

@font-face {
    font-family: "open_sansregular";
    src: url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/bold/open-sans-bold.eot");
    src: url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/bold/open-sans-bold.eot?#iefix") format("embedded-opentype"),
         url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/bold/open-sans-bold.woff") format("woff"),
         url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/bold/open-sans-bold.ttf") format("truetype"),
         url("http://dev.bowdenweb.com/a/fonts/sans-serif/open-sans/bold/open-sans-bold.svg#open_sansbold") format("svg");
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: normal;
}

Continue this pattern for the rest of your @font-face declarations, changing out the file URLs and font attributes accordingly. Remember to place this code at the top of your stylesheet. You can view the complete code at:
I utilized FontSquirrel to generate the various font file formats.

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