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Font Optimization

Last updated March 14, 2026

The next/font module automatically optimizes your fonts and removes external network requests for improved privacy and performance.

It includes built-in self-hosting for any font file. This means you can optimally load web fonts with no layout shift.

To start using next/font, import it from next/font/local or next/font/google, call it as a function with the appropriate options, and set the className of the element you want to apply the font to. For example:

app/layout.tsx

import { Geist } from 'next/font/google'
 
const geist = Geist({
  subsets: ['latin'],
})
 
export default function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <html lang="en" className={geist.className}>
      <body>{children}</body>
    </html>
  )
}

Fonts are scoped to the component they're used in. To apply a font to your entire application, add it to the Root Layout.

Google fonts

You can automatically self-host any Google Font. Fonts are included stored as static assets and served from the same domain as your deployment, meaning no requests are sent to Google by the browser when the user visits your site.

To start using a Google Font, import your chosen font from next/font/google:

app/layout.tsx

import { Geist } from 'next/font/google'
 
const geist = Geist({
  subsets: ['latin'],
})
 
export default function RootLayout({
  children,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
}) {
  return (
    <html lang="en" className={geist.className}>
      <body>{children}</body>
    </html>
  )
}

We recommend using variable fonts for the best performance and flexibility. But if you can't use a variable font, you will need to specify a weight:

app/layout.tsx

import { Roboto } from 'next/font/google'
 
const roboto = Roboto({
  weight: '400',
  subsets: ['latin'],
})
 
export default function RootLayout({
  children,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
}) {
  return (
    <html lang="en" className={roboto.className}>
      <body>{children}</body>
    </html>
  )
}

Local fonts

To use a local font, import the localFont function from next/font/local and specify the src of your local font file. The path is resolved relative to the file where localFont is called. Fonts can be stored anywhere in the project, including the public folder or co-located inside the app folder. For example, to use a font stored in app/fonts/:

app/layout.tsx

import localFont from 'next/font/local'
 
const myFont = localFont({
  src: './my-font.woff2',
})
 
export default function RootLayout({
  children,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
}) {
  return (
    <html lang="en" className={myFont.className}>
      <body>{children}</body>
    </html>
  )
}

If you want to use multiple files for a single font family, src can be an array:

const roboto = localFont({
  src: [
    {
      path: './Roboto-Regular.woff2',
      weight: '400',
      style: 'normal',
    },
    {
      path: './Roboto-Italic.woff2',
      weight: '400',
      style: 'italic',
    },
    {
      path: './Roboto-Bold.woff2',
      weight: '700',
      style: 'normal',
    },
    {
      path: './Roboto-BoldItalic.woff2',
      weight: '700',
      style: 'italic',
    },
  ],
})

API Reference

See the API Reference for the full feature set of Next.js Font

Font

Optimizing loading web fonts with the built-in `next/font` loaders.