Navigating Font Customization on Shopify's Vision Theme: A Quirky Adventure

I remember the first time we fiddled with Shopify’s Vision theme. My partner and I huddled around the glow of the laptop screen, trying to decipher the alien language of CSS. There it was: the title of our newly listed products, screaming in massive, bold font like it had something immensely urgent to declare to the digital universe. We wanted it smaller—more Hemingway, less Fitzgerald, you know? This is where our quaint odyssey began, tweaking the font size that wouldn't behave.

Shrinking the Roaring Titles on the Homepage

Ah, the homepage. The digital storefront where every font decision feels monumental. We imagined it as a serene gallery where product titles daintily whisper their offerings. To get there, we embarked on what felt like a heroic quest through the theme’s code. First, we cracked open the CSS book—figuratively. We logged into our Shopify admin, clicked on “Online Store,” then “Themes,” then like discoverers of hidden treasures, we selected the “Actions” button and “Edit code.”

{
  .product-card__title {
    font-size: 14px; /* or whatever size makes your heart sing */
    display: -webkit-box;
    -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
    -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
  }
}

We stumbled upon .product-card__title and with dainty fingers, we transformed the grandeur of its font-size. To our sheer glee, we added some magical ellipsis code for our next challenge. This wrapped the regal lines just right, creating a two-line spectacle. And there they were—titles truncated just enough to leave a little room for the imagination.

Nailing It on Both Desktop and Mobile

With our fix, we didn’t just want it to prance elegantly on desktops. No, no, this had to be a universal headset for all devices. The responsive solution was satisfying, like fitting the last piece of a puzzle. We ensured our .product-card__title CSS lived in the theme's CSS file. And as if giving the gift of site-wide mindfulness, we saved the changes and previewed like anxious art critics. Bazinga! It displayed perfectly on both desktops and mobiles.

Tuning Titles on the Product Page

Remember those snazzy product pages? The first time our eyes met the font size, it felt like big elephantine footsteps in a porcelain shop. No subtleness. What we wanted was poetry on the tongue of the screen, where titles merged softly into the visual landscape. Here’s how we maneuvered our way around.

We located our friend .product-single__title in the CSS document with fierce resolve, intending to simmer its size down and align the line spacing like a neat row of hedges. There it was - nestled in the code editor, our destination known. Here’s what we crafted:

{
  .product-single__title {
    font-size: 20px; /* set to whatever delights your aesthetic spirit */
    line-height: 1.2em;
  }
}

We adjusted both the font size and the line space, giving every glorious letter its place. With might like the Avengers assembling, we saved. Back to preview mode—drum roll—and yes! Our product titles were now elegantly striding, quietly confident but aware they belong in the right config.

Akin to Solving a Rubik's Cube

And so, our little soirée into font customization proved surprisingly delightful. Much like solving a Rubik's Cube for the first time, we learned, stumbled, corrected, and finally basked in glory. We started out as novices, unimpressed with the overwhelming default settings, but emerged as adventurers—and maybe a little CSS-savvy, with code tweaks now part of our vocabulary.

This journey—oh, dear reader—was more than an adjustment in size, a configuration detail. It was a break from the mundane, a geeky escapade into customization with a satisfaction that no one who hasn’t tinkered an oblivious HTML tag would understand. Now, we invite you to take the journey too; you might find it’s as joyous as watching a title size transform just so.