projects + reviews: Font not rendering in the plugin

[ggambino1]

Checks

• [ x ] I confirm I have restarted NotePlan and this problem still persists.
• [ x ] I confirm I have reinstalled the Plugin and this problem still persists.
• [ x ] Is this a repeatable problem?

System

• Device OS: [macOS 15.2]
• NotePlan Version [e.g. 3.21.2]
• Plugin Name & Version [2.08]
• Custom Font: MonoLisa

Describe the bug
When a custom pane from Plugin is opened, it does not use my custom font as the font within the plugin.

What do you expect it to do instead?

I expect my custom font to load as the font for the plugin panes.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Use MonoLisa as a custom font in in a NotePlan theme.
2. Open a Project-reviews pane.
3. See Times New Roman font, rather than MonoLisa font.

Screenshots
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Additional context
just following up from a discussion I had with jgclark on Discord earlier this week. The font I prefer to use just isn't working with his plugins, which is a real bummer. His exact instructions to me were:

I've worked many hours to write a framework that automatically lets plugins pick up colours and sizes and fonts from the current Theme, despite them being in two completely different technologies.
All the main plugins use this framework, though the 'community' plugins (aka vibe-coded ones) probably won't.
But I've discovered some custom fonts have non-standard metadata, and that can mess up the under-the-hood translation. Please raise an issue at the GitHub repo for plugins with details of what's not working.

Thanks for any consideration.

Plugin Console Log
To provide us with more clues about where the bug/error is occurring...

1. Open the Plugin's Preferences by going to NotePlan's menu > Preferences > Plugins and clicking the settings "cog" icon next to the plugin in question. Scroll to the bottom and set the logging level to "DEBUG" and click "Save & Close"
2. Now open the Plugin Console by going to Noteplan > Help > Plugin Console (not the macOS Console app).
3. Run the plugin command you're reporting
4. Copy the output from the Plugin Console and paste it below
5. Delete any output that has personal information you don't want in there

 [WebView Log] bridge::runPluginCommand JS file in np.Shared Sending command "onMessageFromHTMLView" to NotePlan: "jgclark.Dashboard" with args: ["refreshSomeSections",{"actionType":"refreshSomeSections","sectionCodes":["TB"]},""]
Executing function 'onMessageFromHTMLView'
2026-08-22 22:58:57 | INFO | ************* bridgeClickDashboardItem: refreshSomeSections *************
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Starting refresh for sections TB"
2026-08-22 22:58:57 | INFO | paragraph/findStartOfActivePartOfNote :: Note was empty; adding a blank line to make writing to the note work
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Finished refreshSomeSections for [TB] (84ms)"
[WebView Log] bridge::runPluginCommand JS file in np.Shared Sending command "onMessageFromHTMLView" to NotePlan: "jgclark.Dashboard" with args: ["refreshSomeSections",{"actionType":"refreshSomeSections","sectionCodes":["TB"]},""]
Executing function 'onMessageFromHTMLView'
2026-08-22 22:59:51 | INFO | ************* bridgeClickDashboardItem: refreshSomeSections *************
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Starting refresh for sections TB"
2026-08-22 22:59:52 | INFO | paragraph/findStartOfActivePartOfNote :: Note was empty; adding a blank line to make writing to the note work
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Finished refreshSomeSections for [TB] (94ms)"
[WebView Log] bridge::runPluginCommand JS file in np.Shared Sending command "onMessageFromHTMLView" to NotePlan: "jgclark.Dashboard" with args: ["refreshSomeSections",{"actionType":"refreshSomeSections","sectionCodes":["TB"]},""]
Executing function 'onMessageFromHTMLView'
2026-08-22 23:00:46 | INFO | ************* bridgeClickDashboardItem: refreshSomeSections *************
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Starting refresh for sections TB"
2026-08-22 23:00:46 | INFO | paragraph/findStartOfActivePartOfNote :: Note was empty; adding a blank line to make writing to the note work
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Finished refreshSomeSections for [TB] (83ms)"
Executing function 'onSettingsUpdated'
2026-08-22 23:00:48 | INFO | generateAllProjectsList :: usePerspectives=false perspective='-' foldersToInclude=[Projects] foldersToIgnore=[Reviews,Summaries,Saved Searches]
2026-08-22 23:00:48 | INFO | generateAllProjectsList :: enumerated 0 project instance(s) to write
2026-08-22 23:00:48 | INFO | updateRichProjectListIfOpen :: About to run Reviews:renderProjectListsIfOpen(...)
Executing function 'renderProjectListsIfOpen'
2026-08-22 23:00:48 | INFO | jgclark.Reviews v2.0.8-full :: renderProjectLists ------------------------------------
2026-08-22 23:00:48 | INFO | filterAndSortProjectsList :: Starting with tag '' for 0 projects
2026-08-22 23:00:48 | INFO | filterAndSortProjectsList :: - filtered 0 projects, sorted 0 projects (before perspective filters: 0)
2026-08-22 23:00:48 | INFO | updateDashboardIfOpen :: About to invoke ✳️ Dashboard:refreshSectionByCode(...)
Executing function 'refreshSectionsByCode'
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | jgclark.Reviews v2.0.9-full :: getReviewSettings() Starting from a different plugin ...
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | filterAndSortProjectsList :: Starting with tag '' for 0 projects
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | filterAndSortProjectsList :: - filtered 0 projects, sorted 0 projects (before perspective filters: 0)
2026-08-22 23:00:49 🥺 WARN 🥺 getNextNoteToReview :: No active projects found, so stopping
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | jgclark.Reviews v2.0.9-full :: getReviewSettings() Starting from a different plugin ...
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | filterAndSortProjectsList :: Starting with tag '' for 0 projects
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | filterAndSortProjectsList :: - filtered 0 projects, sorted 0 projects (before perspective filters: 0)
2026-08-22 23:00:49 🥺 WARN 🥺 reviews/getNextProjectsToReview :: No active projects found, so stopping
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Starting refresh for sections PROJACT,PROJREVIEW,PROJ"
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | jgclark.Reviews v2.0.8-full :: renderProjectLists ------------------------------------
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | filterAndSortProjectsList :: Starting with tag '' for 0 projects
2026-08-22 23:00:49 | INFO | filterAndSortProjectsList :: - filtered 0 projects, sorted 0 projects (before perspective filters: 0)
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Finished refreshSomeSections for [PROJACT,PROJREVIEW,PROJ] (142ms)"
[WebView Log] bridge::runPluginCommand JS file in np.Shared Sending command "onMessageFromHTMLView" to NotePlan: "jgclark.Dashboard" with args: ["refreshSomeSections",{"actionType":"refreshSomeSections","sectionCodes":["TB"]},""]
Executing function 'onMessageFromHTMLView'
2026-08-22 23:01:43 | INFO | ************* bridgeClickDashboardItem: refreshSomeSections *************
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Starting refresh for sections TB"
2026-08-22 23:01:43 | INFO | paragraph/findStartOfActivePartOfNote :: Note was empty; adding a blank line to make writing to the note work
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Finished refreshSomeSections for [TB] (92ms)"
[WebView Log] bridge::runPluginCommand JS file in np.Shared Sending command "onMessageFromHTMLView" to NotePlan: "jgclark.Dashboard" with args: ["refreshSomeSections",{"actionType":"refreshSomeSections","sectionCodes":["TB"]},""]
Executing function 'onMessageFromHTMLView'
2026-08-22 23:02:37 | INFO | ************* bridgeClickDashboardItem: refreshSomeSections *************
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Starting refresh for sections TB"
2026-08-22 23:02:37 | INFO | paragraph/findStartOfActivePartOfNote :: Note was empty; adding a blank line to make writing to the note work
[WebView Log] CommsBridge UPDATE_DATA message: "UPDATE_DATA Finished refreshSomeSections for [TB] (93ms)"

[jgclark]

In this particular case, logs aren't needed. It's the metadata from inside the particular fonts face you're using, plus your theme definition. For me to work on it you'll need to send me the theme file, plus from FontBook the value of "PostScript Name" for every single font name that's mentioned in the theme. I will then need to add these to the definitions shared across the plugins.

[ggambino1]

Got it. I will collate that and reply again. On Aug 23, 2026, at 12:31, Jonathan Clark ***@***.***> wrote:jgclark left a comment (NotePlan/plugins#780) In this particular case, logs aren't needed. It's the metadata from inside the particular fonts face you're using, plus your theme definition. For me to work on it you'll need to send me the theme file, plus from FontBook the value of "PostScript Name" for every single font name that's mentioned in the theme. I will then need to add these to the definitions shared across the plugins. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS and Android. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>