topic Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts? in Android

How Do You Use Other Fonts?

MadmanOnWheels — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 05:18:54 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

U.S.A.

Device

Google Pixel 3a XL and Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro S

Operating System

Android 11 and Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Does anyone know how to get different fonts to work in the titles of playlists?

I have seen them on other people's playlists, and I have tried to copy (from a word document that I have it saved on) and paste it to the title field, on both my phone and computer, but it just pastes in the regular font. I have even converted the document to a pdf document, then copied and pasted it, but it still doesn't work.

It's recognized in Word, on my computer. It shows up in the fonts section.

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

Jeremy — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:32:41 GMT

Hey there @MadmanOnWheels,

Thank you for reaching out to us here in the Community. We're happy to help.

It sounds like the formatting of the font used in Word isn't retained when pasting it in the app. If possible, you could give it a go trying with a different method. For example an online font editor for social media since that might retain the style over to the app when editing your playlist.

Let us know how everything goes so that we can continue to assist you if you need us to. We're always one reply away 🙂

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

MadmanOnWheels — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:31:57 GMT

Hey, Jeremy

Thanks. I just tried what pulled up, when I searched for "online font editor for social media", but none of that worked. I can't upload the font on those sites, to even copy them from there. It's a particular font that I downloaded, a while back. I think I had to get it out of a zipped folder or something, which I had to look up how to do. Then I found out how to upload it as a useable font in Word. When I pull up the document anywhere else, but my computer, it doesn't show the text in that font, unless (from my computer) I saved it as a pdf. Even copying the text from that document, it won't paste in the same font.

Do you or anyone else have any other ideas on how to make it work?

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

CarlosE — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:48:06 GMT

Hey @MadmanOnWheels,

Thanks for keeping in touch.

That might not work with any font you try to use. However, I just tried copying the text from this site into my playlist and it worked. You can give it a try there or maybe look for some other similar sites.

If you find any other, feel free to share them with us.

We'll be right here in case you have any questions or need a hand with anything else.

Cheers 🙂

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

MadmanOnWheels — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 02:02:59 GMT

Hey, Carlos

Thanks, but I've already been there, and I already tried to paste the front in the field, there. I'm not looking for just any font. I'm looking for a particular font. It's from here. I don't care about any other fonts, right now.

I got it from here.

https://www.ironmaiden-bg.com/web/index.php/for-the-fans-en/iron-maiden-fonts

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

Novy — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:14:24 GMT

Hi @MadmanOnWheels,

Thanks for getting back to us.

Keep in mind that Spotify doesn't have an option to change fonts, so you might won't be able to add a particular font at the moment.

We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us and will make sure to pass it onto the right team, as we always strive to improve your experience.

You can also have a look in our Idea Exchange to see if someone else has already made a similar suggestion. If there isn't one, you can give these steps a go and submit your idea so that other users can also support it. The higher the number of votes an idea gets, the more likely it is for it to be implemented.

If anything else comes up, we'll be right here.

Cheers!

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

MadmanOnWheels — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:51:56 GMT

Hi, Novy

I never stated that Spotify had the option to change fonts. I mentioned that someone has used different fonts on his or her playlist titles. It's obviously possible. I'm just wondering how to do it, with the font that I want. There shouldn't be a difference in copying one font, then it pasting in the same format, as another font doing it.

Here's a playlist with a custom font.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/08vgNKZIVKHK4rEFqTzOEX?si=9t8WM-QKTFiA6J6ZmeJE0g

If anyone does have any idea of how to do it, please let me know. I don't need responses about how it can't be done. I see that it had been done.

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

HarryHat — Sun, 16 May 2021 11:46:28 GMT

maybe a bit late but are you looking for something like this?

https://lingojam.com/FancyTextGenerator

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

MadmanOnWheels — Sun, 16 May 2021 21:45:19 GMT

Hey, Harry

No. I want to be able to use a particular font that I downloaded from a band fan site. I'm even able to use in Microsoft Word. Someone told me about that site, already, but I appreciate it, anyway.

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

daniel223 — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:13:23 GMT

Hey @MadmanOnWheels,

What you are trying to do is not possible. There's a difference between a font and special characters which is important to understand. Special characters will almost always look the same regardless of what font is applied to them, where regular letters will change depending on the font that you apply to them, like in Word. Special characters are letters from foreign alphabets, or symbols, for example.

The playlist with the custom font that you've shown above does not actually have a custom font for its title. Instead, the creator probably used a similar online font editor website as has already been linked to above. These sites will find special characters (for example, from foreign alphabets) that look like English alphabet letters. So the playlist creator copied over these special characters to the playlist name which makes it look like the font has changed, where in reality the letters are all special characters. Any normal text (in the regular English alphabet), when copied into the playlist name box, will always be shown in Spotify's custom font. This cannot be changed.

So for you the only way to customise the font is by using one of these websites and finding the closest match, but it won't be possible to use any font file.

Hope that helps.

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

sunoofied — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 05:54:18 GMT

thank you so much ive been trying to figure this stuff out for so long and this site you linked worked.

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

karanmandya — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 14:18:52 GMT

Lots of suggestions here regarding fonts. There is however difference between regular fonts and special characters by Unicode which are called Glyphs. Glyphs are not real fonts but a mere representation of regular fonts (basically lookalikes). If you want to use fancy fonts for instagram there are lots of websites online where you can generate fancy text.

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

Tubai — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 14:19:07 GMT

I am using such a website to generate cool fonts. You can generate awesome fonts from here for your use.

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

markwoody — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:55:49 GMT

Most of the time when you see “different fonts” in playlist titles, they are not actual fonts. Platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube Music do not allow custom fonts in titles. What people use instead are Unicode characters that look like different fonts.

So when you copy text directly from Word, it usually pastes as plain text, which is why it turns back into the normal font.

Here is what is likely happening.

1. Word fonts are not supported
Fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial, or any custom font only work inside Word or apps that have that font installed. When you paste text into a playlist title field, the platform strips the formatting and keeps only the basic characters.

2. People use Unicode styled text instead
Those “fonts” you see are actually characters from Unicode that look like bold, script, small caps, or aesthetic text. Since they are characters and not formatting, they stay the same when pasted into titles.

Example:

Normal text
Chill Vibes

Unicode styled text
𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼
𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬
𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚅𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚜

Because these are different characters, the platform accepts them.

3. Why your copy-paste from Word didn’t work
Word was applying a font style, not changing the characters themselves. When you pasted it, the playlist editor removed the formatting and left only the plain text.

What you should try instead

Use a Unicode text generator online.

Type your playlist name.

Copy the styled version it generates.

Paste that into the playlist title.

That usually works on most music platforms.

One small thing to keep in mind is that some characters may not display correctly on every device, so it is best to keep the title simple and readable.

In short, the trick is not installing a font. The trick is using Unicode characters that look like fonts.

Generate and Thanks me Later!‌‌

Re: How Do You Use Other Fonts?

Marco-676 — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:39:39 GMT

What you’re seeing in other playlists isn’t actually custom Word fonts — Spotify doesn’t support real font files in titles. It’s usually Unicode styled text (like bold letters, cursive letters, or aesthetic Instagram-style text).

That’s why copying from Word or a PDF won’t work — those are real fonts, not Unicode characters.

You can generate these styles using tools like Generador de letras which can convert normal text into cursive letras, Instagram bio fonts, or other aesthetic lettering styles, then just copy-paste into your playlist title.