Title: Heading Typography
Last modified: February 10, 2021

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# Heading Typography

 *  Resolved [ecarstens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecarstens/)
 * (@ecarstens)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heading-typography/)
 * We have a WP site using the Twenty Seventeen theme. I would like to customize
   the font size, colour, and alignment of the Headings. We specifically use H2 
   a lot. On some forums, it says to find Typography on the Appearance menu but 
   I do not see that in our dashboard. Is there any easy place/way to alter the 
   characteristics of the H2 heading so that it is consistent on all pages?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fheading-typography%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heading-typography/#post-14032464)
 * Theme questions should be addressed to the theme’s forum, but for that theme 
   you might not get much response.
    The theme controls the styles. For small changes,
   you can add CSS rules in Customizer > Additional CSS. For large changes, you 
   can create a child theme (there are several for that theme already in the WP 
   repository). There are also a few plugins for that theme. There are also some
   plugins to affect the typography regardless of theme.
 * Color, size, and alignment are small changes. A different font (if it is not 
   a standard font) is a larger change, and needs code to load the font before it
   can be used in the CSS.
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heading-typography/#post-14032477)
 * Yeah, a “Typography” menu item would be a theme specific feature.
 * You can add custom CSS to any theme through the customizer’s Additional CSS section.
   For example:
 *     ```
       h2 {
           color: #9e2747 !important;
           font-size: 20px !important;
       }
       ```
   
 * However, you cannot specify an alternative font (`font-family:`) if it’s not 
   native or loaded on the page as a webfont. Webfonts can be loaded by hooking 
   into the “wp_head” action, or you should be able to find a plugin that will load
   webfonts for you.
 *  Thread Starter [ecarstens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecarstens/)
 * (@ecarstens)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heading-typography/#post-14032647)
 * Thanks very much for the responses. I did have a difficult time finding somewhere
   to post my question, never mind to a specific forum. I thought this was the correct
   one, of the options on the support page. Sorry!
 * I don’t want to change the font, simply adjust the colour, size and alignment
   on the page.
 * I have looked at the html of one of our current manually formatted H2, and here
   it is: <h2 class=”has-text-align-center”>**Who We Are**</h2>
 * How can I change that to the appropriate CSS so I can try adding it to the Additional
   CSS section?
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heading-typography/#post-14042291)
 *     ```
       h2.has-text-align-center {
           color: blue;
           font-size: 20px;
           text-align: left;
       }
       ```
   
 * It’s contradictory to left align content with “has-text-align-center” class, 
   but it can be done. FYI there is a “has-text-align-left” class you could use 
   instead.
 * Of course, use values you like in place of `blue` and `20px`.
 *  Thread Starter [ecarstens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecarstens/)
 * (@ecarstens)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heading-typography/#post-14042407)
 * Sorry but based on the first comment, I turned to another forum and had my questions
   answered there. Thank you very much for following up. I am still a novice and
   learning a lot from these forums.
    Is is the other =forum posting [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-heading-typography-on-all-pages/#post-14034348](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-heading-typography-on-all-pages/#post-14034348)

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heading-typography/#post-14042407)
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