Missing font style when variables change

Unfortunately, this didn’t work for me 😦 However, I’m using “Navigate” instead of “Change to” so that might be the culprit.

Having the same problem with no change-to actions.

Same issue here with the locally installed font Roobert. Switched to a Google font and everything works. Looking forward to a resolution.

Same Issue here

I have the same problem 😢

Figma system fonts are no good for prototyping iOS/Android apps where SF Pro/Roboto are needed.

Same issue

Same issue here

Managed a fix here. We uploaded the typeface to the team library and now it all works

hey, there is a workaround we found, upload the typeface you are using (that you are having issues with) to the Figma team.

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Please

note: this is for enterprise only

Same here 😦

I’m having the same issue. Any response from the Figma team?

yep sorry - this is defo a fix for those with org plan

Same here. 🥲
Is there any news about when the bug will be fixed?

Hi all,
Thank for your patience while our engineering was working on the issue (font not applied to text with number or string variable applied in viewer) . Our team has implemented a fix. Please refresh Figma to ensure that you are using the fixed version.

If you are still having issues, please reach out to our team so we can investigate it further by filling this form here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Please include your Figma account email, a link to the file, and share it with support-share@figma.com so they can investigate further. Sorry again for the disruption into your work!

This is still broken for me. Changing text via a string variable defaults the font to Inter for prototype viewers who don’t have the brand fonts installed.

Hi Daniel, sorry to hear you are still having issue, and thank you for flagging this. Would you mind to reach out to our support team with a copy of your file? So they can investigate further the issue you encounter here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new Thank you!

Thanks @Celine_Figma, I have submitted a support ticket

I also submitted a ticket. MY font is replaced when using string variables. The font works fine everywhere else.

@Daniel_Cullinan Have you had any luck?

Hey – sorry for the delayed response, I was waiting to hear back from support. No luck, they said I needed to make sure my fonts were installed locally 🫤

Obviously this has no bearing on sharing prototypes externally with clients, usability testers etc. …

I got a further update from support:

“This is expected behaviour. External viewers will see a missing font warning if they don’t have the font installed. Meaning, you can either swap to a preset/pre-installed font or the external users will have to install the font you use on the file.”

Bananas. I explained to them why it isn’t realistic to ask a client to install fonts just to look at a prototype, but here we are. Guess I won’t be using string variables then ☹

Worse of all, the font shows up fine everywhere else on the prototype; only the variables have an issue with fonts. I moved the Figma because font rendering was unreliable in XD and here I am…

The fix for me was to detach those components instances, then it works as expected.