Is it possible to use google webfonts in a MailChimp template?

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RustyDev picture RustyDev · Jan 17, 2013 · Viewed 35.1k times · Source

I've been trying to incorporate google webfonts in MailChimp and can't get any solutions to work.

I've tried the approach listed on Campaign Monitor's site using @import:

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/3897/using-web-fonts-in-email

but I get this error when trying to preview:

An error occurred parsing your template CSS:
Cannot find a CSS file at: http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat

Has anyone been able to use custom fonts within MailChimp?

Answer

RustyDev picture RustyDev · Jan 20, 2013

It turns out it's not possible through the @import syntax. It does work using tag:

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

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