---
title: "Search web font families by name/style"
method: POST
path: "/v1/fonts/search"
tags: ["fonts"]
---

# Search web font families by name/style

`POST /v1/fonts/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cueframe.ai`
- URL: `https://api.cueframe.ai/v1/fonts/search`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://api.cueframe.ai/api/auth/mcp/authorize`, token URL `https://api.cueframe.ai/api/auth/mcp/token`, scopes: `media:read`)
  - API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

Search the Google Fonts web-font catalog by keyword. Returns matching font families (family name + category + available variants + a css2 stylesheet URL). DISCOVERY ONLY, and this is NOT the set the renderer can draw: a cloud render draws only the faces GET /v1/fonts lists, or a face sealed in a brand kit font asset. Naming any other family in captions/params fails validate_composition with font_not_reproducible. Read GET /v1/fonts to choose a family AND an admitted weight and style before authoring. Read-only and free; results are cached server-side. An empty `results` array means no match (or the upstream catalog was unavailable).

## Request body

- FontSearchRequest: POST /fonts/search body.
  - `query` string, required
  - `perPage` integer

## Response `200`

Matching web font families.

- FontSearchResponse: POST /fonts/search response.
  - `results` object[], required
    - `family` string, required
    - `category` string
    - `variants` string[]
    - `cssUrl` string
    - `previewText` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request — validation_error / invalid_cursor / invalid_query.
- `401`: Missing or invalid Authorization header.
- `402`: Payment required. Returned when the caller presents no API key on a priced operation: the body AND the `Payment-Required` header carry the x402 v2 challenge (accepted scheme, network, USDC asset, amount, payTo). Sign the EIP-3009 authorization and retry with a `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE` header. A KEYED caller sees this status instead when their plan lacks or has exhausted the feature (`billing_required`).
- `403`: Forbidden — permission insufficient.
- `429`: Rate limited. Retry-After header present.
- `500`: Internal error.

---

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