The font in which you email campaign invite messages display depends on the recipient's email client. This is typically either Arial or Times New Roman. You can change this font to one of the above web safe fonts.
To do so, go to the Messages tab of your email campaign and edit the message. Click into the message body and click the View Source button to access the HTML code.
Next, you need to add some HTML at the top of your message. In the below table find the web-safe font you wish to use and copy and paste the HTML code at the very beginning of your message. Before you save, make sure to add a closing </span> tag at the very end of your message.
| Font | HTML Code |
|---|---|
| Arial | <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> |
| Verdana | <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> |
| Tahoma | <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> |
| Trebuchet | <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif'> |
| Georgia | <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif"> |
| Times New Roman | <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times, serif"> |
| Comic Sans | <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive, sans-serif"> |
| Courier | <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"> |
The end result will look like so:
For consistency's sake you will probably also want to change the font of message footer. To do so you can place HTML right in the footer field. You'll want to enclose your entire footer in HTML <span> tags with the font family. See the below table for the appropriate footer code.
It should be noted that the Footer does not offer an HTML editor. As such the html for the font should be placed directly into the footer field.
| Font | Footer Code |
|---|---|
| Arial | <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Footer text here</span> |
| Verdana | <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Footer text here</span> |
| Tahoma | <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">Footer text here</span> |
| Trebuchet | <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif">Footer text here</span> |
| Georgia | <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif">Footer text here</span> |
| Times New Roman | <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Footer text here</span> |
| Comic Sans | <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive, sans-serif">Footer text here</span> |
| Courier | <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace">Footer text here</span> |
The end result should look like so:
Admin
— Dave Domagalski on 02/06/2017
@Brian: Thank you for your note.
I'm afraid there are no immediate plans to incorporate changing fonts as a feature of the text editor for email messages.
As there is such great variance in how email clients interpret html, the more complex the email message is, the more potential readability issues can arise.
This is the main reason that we have chosen to provide basic formatting options via the text editor, while providing access to the source code for users who require more robust customization options.
I'm sorry for the trouble that this has caused and hope this helps clarify.
Best regards,
David
Documentation Specialist/Survey Explorer
SurveyGizmo Customer Experience
— Brian on 02/06/2017
I agree, how is changing the font style not built into the text editor?
Admin
— Dave Domagalski on 06/20/2016
@Gordon: Thank you for taking a look at our documentation and for your feedback!
I will forward this to our Development Team as a potential future upgrade to the email campaign text editing capabilities.
Thanks again!
David Domagalski
Survey Explorer
SurveyGizmo Customer Support
— Gordon on 06/17/2016
you should be able to change font within the text editor.