How to Add a Font to Canva (2026)
Canva lets you upload your own fonts (with a Pro/Teams plan) so brand typefaces are available across every design. Here’s how to add them and use them.
1. Upload a Font via Brand Kit
- From the Canva home page, open Brand > Brand Kit in the left sidebar.
- Choose your brand (or create one).
- Scroll to Fonts and click Upload a font.
- Select your font file — Canva supports .ttf, .otf, and .woff.
- Repeat for each weight (Regular, Bold, Italic) you need.
Uploaded fonts appear at the top of the font picker in any design.
2. Set Brand Fonts
In the same Brand Kit panel, assign your uploaded fonts as the default heading, subheading, and body fonts. New designs then use them automatically.
3. Use the Font in a Design
- Open or create a design and click a text box.
- Open the font dropdown in the top toolbar.
- Your uploaded fonts sit under Brand Kit / Uploaded at the top of the list.
4. Check You Have the Rights
Only upload fonts you’re licensed to use — fonts you purchased or that have a license permitting embedding. Canva doesn’t provide a license for files you upload.
5. Troubleshooting
”Upload a font” is missing
Font uploading requires Canva Pro or Teams. On Free, use Canva’s built-in font library or apply for the font as part of a template instead.
My font won’t upload
Confirm it’s a .ttf, .otf, or .woff file (not a ZIP). Unzip downloaded font packs first, and upload each style file separately.
The font isn’t showing for my team
Share the Brand Kit with the team and make sure they’re working inside that brand — uploaded fonts are tied to the Brand Kit, not the individual.
Related Canva guides: How to outline text · How to curve text · How to download as PDF · How to group elements. To auto-generate on-brand designs from your data, see Carly’s Canva integration.
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