Title: Font issues when adding HTML fonts inside shortcode block.
Last modified: August 7, 2019
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# Font issues when adding HTML fonts inside shortcode block.
* [booksbeyondbars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/booksbeyondbars/)
* (@booksbeyondbars)
* [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-issues-when-adding-html-fonts-inside-shortcode-block/)
* I installed the Easy Google Fonts plugin to use custom fonts (Playfair Display).
To have the testimonial typed out in a typewriter font, I put the following inside
a shortcode block using the Typing Effect plugin.
* `
[typed string0="I have to say that this book has
me like a kid again … When I read the book it unlocks things inside of me, it’s
like I’m being set free, like someone gave me back my liberty … I would never
forget this nice thing you’ve done for me. And you might think to yourself, for
a book? But it’s not just a book, it’s the path that this book is about to set
me on. -A BBB Client" typeSpeed="40" startDelay="0" backSpeed="40" backDelay="
500"]
`
* Unfortunately, now everything else I add to the site (like the button at the
bottom of the page) is in the font I added in the shortcode.
* This even changes the font of the admin sidebars–I thought these were not contained
inside the page I edit in the Gutenberg editor.
* How can I resolve this?
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* [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
* (@joyously)
* [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-issues-when-adding-html-fonts-inside-shortcode-block/#post-11806270)
* There are several things wrong with your approach.
Some of the HTML you added
has a specific place where it should go, like `` and `` and `