---
title: Add custom fonts to a Next.js project
description:
Learn how to add a custom font when using Chakra UI in a Next.js project
publishedAt: "2024-11-18"
collection: theming
---
## Loading the custom fonts
Google Fonts are available in Next.js by default. At the top of your
`layout.tsx` file, import the font from `next/font/google`:
```tsx title="layout.tsx"
import { Bricolage_Grotesque } from "next/font/google"
```
Configure the font by defining the variable and subsets to include:
```tsx title="layout.tsx"
const bricolage = Bricolage_Grotesque({
variable: "--font-bricolage",
subsets: ["latin"],
})
```
Now, attach the font to the `` element in your application. This ensures
that the font is available to be used in Chakra UI.
```tsx /className={bricolage.variable}/
{children}
```
## Configure the custom font
Use the `createSystem` method to define the custom font in Chakra UI's theme
configuration:
```tsx title="components/ui/provider.tsx"
"use client"
import { createSystem, defaultConfig } from "@chakra-ui/react"
const system = createSystem(defaultConfig, {
theme: {
tokens: {
fonts: {
heading: { value: "var(--font-bricolage)" },
body: { value: "var(--font-bricolage)" },
},
},
},
})
```
:::info
You can customize which text elements use the font by specifying it for
`heading`, `body`, or both. In this case, we are setting both the body and
heading fonts to "Bricolage Grotesque".
:::
Finally, pass the `system` into the `ChakraProvider`
```tsx title="components/ui/provider.tsx" /value={system}/
export function Provider(props: ColorModeProviderProps) {
return (
)
}
```
This ensures that the custom font is applied across your entire app.
> Remember to remove any unused styles from your `global.css` and
> `page.module.css` files to prevent your custom font from being overridden.