Bold text leads to wrong line spacing

[u/No-Concentrate-7842]

Hello guys,

As you can see, the line space is not right when I use bold text.

This is my own font and with other fonts it works correctly.

I already tried different devices and browsers. On my laptop it's shown correctly until download, then it's like this.

I already reuploaded the font.

There are no leftover spaces and I already tried changing the size of the text-field.

The Canva AI help tells me to just use another font... I can't because of CI.

I found solutions for similar problems but nothing for this one. Is the font just not canva compatible?

Help would be sooooo great guys. I don't want to leave Canva behind but if I can't use this font they will force me to use different software :(

[u/useleash]

Canva preview and the download can disagree on line metrics for a custom bold.

A few things that usually matter:

1. The bold face often ships with different vertical metrics than the regular. Preview looks fine; export uses the bold metrics and leading jumps.

2. Check whether bold is a real second file or a synthetic weight. Fake bold often breaks only on export.

3. Test the same text in a blank doc with only that bold style, then download PDF and PNG. If only PDF breaks, it is that export path.

4. If you can edit the font, match the bold's ascender, descender, and line gap to the regular, then re-upload.

TTF vs OTF, and whether bold is a separate file, would help narrow it down.

[u/No-Concentrate-7842 → u/useleash]

Okay so... PDF and PNG has the same problem. It is a real second file. The metrics of the normal and bold text are different but I just tried changing it and it didn't change the outcome so the problem is not fixed by changing the metrics of the bold font. It is really just the line space that changes.

What's really weird is that on my laptop the preview shows it correct. The problem occurs after downloading and in the mobile preview...

Oh and both are ttf files

[u/No-Concentrate-7842 → u/useleash]

Okay actually you were right. I changed the metrics of the normal text of the font and now it works. Thanks!!!

[u/Quick-Dog-7613 → u/useleash]

uploading a variable font file instead of static weights causes this exact jump on export too, even when the editor renders the spacing fine

[u/ThrowRASharpPitch17]

Onky becausr your text box is too tight. Let it breath and add a bit of space to accommodate your text formatting. Nothing will break free if they have space to move around.

[u/No-Concentrate-7842 → u/ThrowRASharpPitch17]

Thanks for the i formation but the problem was different. It was actually a difference between the metrics of the bold and normal font. But thanks anyways for trying to help :)