Where can I download "Zoramldslat" font family?

18 postsstarted by rbusadre 32,696 viewsoriginal topic

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#1
It seems that a lot of Church downloadable materials especially the Youth Mutual 2020 Theme use this font a lot. I wonder if there's a downloadable link for this font.
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#2
I'm not sure, but I suspect the church deliberately picks propriety fonts to prevent others from mimicking official church publications that haven't gone through the correlation committee.
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#3
If you inspect the CSS of content in the web browser using the Zoram font (Study.ChurchofJesusChrist.org), you can see the full font stack of fonts to fall back to if a certain font isn't available. The font next to Zoram is Open Sans, which is a Google Font comparable to Zoram.

The Church is careful to protect their branding, like russellhltn mentions, so it's important not to try to imitate Church publications too closely in a setting where people might think that something is official. But if you just want a similar font for a project, Open Sans is similar.
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
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#4
Interesting. The 2023 FSY downloadable PDF Poster, designed to be modified by wards/stakes, uses the Zoramlds-lat font family, which means it cannot be used as intended without the font family. Also, if you look at the fonts, they are not very similar to Open Sans as mentioned earlier.

Zoramlds-lat example:
Zoramlds-lat example.png
Open Sans example:
Open Sans example.png
So, can we either make the fonts available or create this type of content in a broadly available font that members can easily use? Could someone in a leadership role suggest and promote this as a best practice to follow?

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#5
stevengolson wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:29 pm Also, if you look at the fonts, they are not very similar to Open Sans as mentioned earlier.
Try the Noto font family.
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#6
Again, if we are going to make reusable content, or content that is to be modified, like the FSY event poster, why would we not just use commonly available fonts? Think about the audience and make it as easy as possible for members to do the right thing.
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#7
stevengolson wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:36 pm Again, if we are going to make reusable content, or content that is to be modified, like the FSY event poster, why would we not just use commonly available fonts? Think about the audience and make it as easy as possible for members to do the right thing.
Because the church has to deal with more than just basic english text with basic latin characters all with the same font weighting. That's why the church uses a combination of the Zoram, McKay, and Noto (among others) font families with various weightings depending on the language and style of text. You're not going to get that with a basic font that you can download and make easy to use.
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#8
caillines wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:56 pm
stevengolson wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:36 pm Again, if we are going to make reusable content, or content that is to be modified, like the FSY event poster, why would we not just use commonly available fonts? Think about the audience and make it as easy as possible for members to do the right thing.
Because the church has to deal with more than just basic english text with basic latin characters all with the same font weighting. That's why the church uses a combination of the Zoram, McKay, and Noto (among others) font families with various weightings depending on the language and style of text. You're not going to get that with a basic font that you can download and make easy to use.
Replying to myself here...
As an example of the above, the Zoram font family actually consists of 500 different font files.
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#9
@stevengolson, where are you finding the file for wards/stakes to modify? I found a poster here, but it doesn't look the same as your screenshot, and it doesn't provide a space for a ward/stake name:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/youth-theme-2023?lang=eng
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
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#10
From this page:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/you ... e?lang=eng

Go to HELPFUL LINKS at the bottom,
find the Download Fillable Poster link, which is also here:
https://assets.churchofjesuschrist.org/ ... e&lang=eng
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#11
I realize this thread is a few months old, but I do not see a straight-forward answer to the original question.

In the case of the downloadable, fill-able pdf flier, the Zoram font family does not need to be installed on the computer to fill in the flier properly. When the flier was created, the needed fonts were embedded into the pdf file.
FSY-Fillable_Poster-embedded_fonts.png
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#12
sbradshaw wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:49 pm @stevengolson, where are you finding the file for wards/stakes to modify? I found a poster here, but it doesn't look the same as your screenshot, and it doesn't provide a space for a ward/stake name:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/youth-theme-2023?lang=eng
There are some PDF reader apps and some browsers that do not handle fill-able PDF forms properly. I would suggest downloading the form onto your computer, and then use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to fill in the form.
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#13
You can use this font, is very very very similar :D

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cinzel
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#14
I'm trying to prepare Easter banners to invite people to worship with us. We intend to use the exact pdf format and image provided by the church. In attempting to edit the meeting times for the various meetinghouses in our stake, I am not be able to use the same font (Zoramlds) used in the church's template. When I try to edit the meeting time, one of my system fonts is used which doesn't match the church's Zoramlds. Is Zoramlds available to download? If not, is there a workaround for this situation?
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#15
Same boat. Stake Communications Director and need to find these fonts so we can update our Easter 2026 banners correctly.
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#16
Have either of you tried the Cinzel font link posted above?
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#17
sterlingmoses wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 9:04 pm Same boat. Stake Communications Director and need to find these fonts so we can update our Easter 2026 banners correctly.
Interestingly, when following this thread, my initial thought was that members should contact their Stake Communications Director for advice ;)

Although sometimes the Tech Forum will have somebody provide an official (or semi-official) response to a question, it seems that nobody currently participating in the Forum can state exactly what the Church's intent is for this scenario. Do the Stake Communications Directors have a contact above them at the Council/Area level, who they could query about how the Church intends for local leaders to update info in provided templates?
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#18
Hi there. Cinzel is a nice font, but for those replying the banner uses the church's sans-serif font "Zoram", not the serif font shown with the logo ... that would be "McKay Pro".

Here's the contact point for accessing those materials:
https://guide.churchofjesuschrist.org/s ... ticleNum=5
Further information specific to typography
https://guide.churchofjesuschrist.org/4 ... y?lang=eng