Purpose of %%GLOBAL_HeadFonts%% in Bigcommerce templates?

Question

Noticed the template variable %%GLOBAL_HeadFonts%% in HTMLHead.html in the Bigcommerce Blueprint theme as well as other themes.

What I don't understand is where the value of this variable can be set in the Bigcommerce admin interface / back-end. I notice that theme authors seem to stick additional fonts directly into HTMLHead.html before/after %%GLOBAL_HeadFonts%%.

Answer 1

%%GLOBAL_HeadFonts%% is used to fetch the base theme's fonts. Since you have no control over any %%GLOBAL.something%% and %%LNG.something%% its better to call your fonts just under this line. You can upload your fonts by creating a fonts directory (under template) then call those fonts either within your Style.css or externally using %%ASSET.fonts/myfont.wof%%

Use this https://developer.bigcommerce.com/themes/panels/html_head to understand BigCommerce HTML.head architecture.