I understand that you are looking for the Arial font to be used in Rise. There is no need to download it since it is available in Rise.
Please open your Rise course, go to Theme>Fonts>More Tab, and choose the Arial font from there. You can choose it as a Headings or a Body font. Here's a screenshot for your reference:
You can upload Arial as a custom font. You may refer to this article for more information on how to do that. I'm not sure if Arial is indeed available in Font Squirrel, but it should be available in your computer. For Windows, it should be located in C:\Windows\Fonts folder. You can grab the Arial TTF file from this folder and use that to convert it to WOFF files, as described in the above article.
Unfortunately, according to Microsoft documentation, it’s not legal to either convert Windows fonts for use on a webserver or convert a font to the formats typically associated with web fonts, such as the WOFF or WOFF2 format.
Any thoughts or suggestions on that? Is what you are suggesting technically legal?
I think its safe to assume all your learners have Arial installed on their computer, you can use the method described in this other thread. In your case this would be the css:
I'm sure they do have Arial installed. However, I cannot select Arial as the font for my course in RISE. That is the real issue.
And from what I can tell, that article only tells you how to edit the code AFTER you export out of RISE. It still does not let you select the font in RISE so you can format your course properly.
If I did edit the code after exporting, all the formatting would be messed up so that would not really help anyway.
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Hi Rita!
I understand that you are looking for the Arial font to be used in Rise. There is no need to download it since it is available in Rise.
Please open your Rise course, go to Theme>Fonts>More Tab, and choose the Arial font from there. You can choose it as a Headings or a Body font. Here's a screenshot for your reference:
Hope this helps you!
I don't see Arial available for me. (pic attached). How can I get Arial to use in Rise360 like yours Hazel?
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Hi Russell,
You can upload Arial as a custom font. You may refer to this article for more information on how to do that. I'm not sure if Arial is indeed available in Font Squirrel, but it should be available in your computer. For Windows, it should be located in
C:\Windows\Fonts folder. You can grab the Arial TTF file from this folder and use that to convert it to WOFF files, as described in the above article.Hi Christopher,
I saw that article.
Unfortunately, according to Microsoft documentation, it’s not legal to either convert Windows fonts for use on a webserver or convert a font to the formats typically associated with web fonts, such as the WOFF or WOFF2 format.
Any thoughts or suggestions on that? Is what you are suggesting technically legal?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/font-faq#web
Hi Russell,
I see that you've opened a support case and that you're working with our colleague Darrell. You're in great hands!
We'll continue the conversation over in your support case.
Hope that you have a great afternoon! ✨
Am I working with Darrell? I honestly have not seen a response to my ticket yet.
I think its safe to assume all your learners have Arial installed on their computer, you can use the method described in this other thread. In your case this would be the css:
:root {
--font-family-body: Arial !important;
}
Thanks for trying to help Phil!
I'm sure they do have Arial installed. However, I cannot select Arial as the font for my course in RISE. That is the real issue.
And from what I can tell, that article only tells you how to edit the code AFTER you export out of RISE. It still does not let you select the font in RISE so you can format your course properly.
If I did edit the code after exporting, all the formatting would be messed up so that would not really help anyway.