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Peter Scott
Peter Scott
New Participant
September 29, 2026
Question

Font issues keep re-appearing

  • September 29, 2026
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I uploaded a variable font in Figma’s settings several weeks ago, and it had been working without any issues.

Two or three days ago, I noticed that text links in my prototypes were switching to Inter when hovered. I uninstalled and reinstalled the variable font, tried the non-variable version, and even rebuilt some components—which I really don’t want to be doing this close to launch. Nothing fixed the issue.

A few hours later, it suddenly resolved itself without me making any further changes, so I’m not sure what happened.

Today, the problem has returned. I noticed that the uploaded font was no longer listed in Settings, so I uploaded it again. I’m the only person with access to my account, so nobody else could have removed it.

After installing the font, I restarted Figma. I can now see all the standard variations of the variable font under “Your uploaded fonts,” but the font still disappears from some hover states in prototype mode. Figma displays the message: “Some missing fonts were replaced.”

The strange thing is that there are no missing-font warnings outside prototype mode.

For example, the text-link components used in the footer menu work correctly on their own. However, when those same components are used within the footer, the font becomes missing when the links are hovered in the prototype. Like I said, it was all working previously but for some reason just stopped working.

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Peter Scott
Peter ScottAuthor
New Participant
September 29, 2026

In addition, having been away from my computer for a couple of hours. I opened up Figma and the Variable Font has duplicated itself. Either that the font was never really removed…. So there is some sort of bug/issue there.

djv
Figmate
djv
Community Support
September 30, 2026

Hey @Peter Scott, thanks for reaching out and for walking us through everything you’ve tried!

 

I understand how disruptive it must be to have this return so close to launch, especially after the font started working again without any further changes. This sounds similar to an issue we’re tracking where a custom font is replaced only after a hover interaction in prototype mode, even though it appears correctly in the editor.

 

Could you share a link to a file that reproduces the issue (View access for support-share@figma.com), the affected font family that you’re trying to use, and whether the font was uploaded to your Organization or installed locally? It would also help to know whether this happens in both the desktop app and the browser.

 

As a temporary solution, outlining the text in the affected hover-state variant should prevent the font from being replaced, though I understand that isn’t ideal if the text still needs to be edited. Let us know, and we can flag this over to the team. 

Peter Scott
Peter ScottAuthor
New Participant
October 1, 2026

Hey

I’ve had to try get a workaround as time is of the essence.

I’ve replaced the variable font with fours standard weights of the same font and that seems to be working for the time being - albeit, I’ve had to ‘swap’ missing font even though I updated the variable i nthe design system.

If it appears again, or if I can re-create, I’ll post it back here.

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