diff --git a/app/core/initialize.coffee b/app/core/initialize.coffee
index 2fec30501..b085f281f 100644
--- a/app/core/initialize.coffee
+++ b/app/core/initialize.coffee
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ init = ->
   app.demoing = _.string.startsWith path, '/demo'
   setUpBackboneMediator()
   app.initialize()
+  loadOfflineFonts() unless app.isProduction()
   Backbone.history.start({ pushState: true })
   handleNormalUrls()
   setUpMoment() # Set up i18n for moment
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ setUpIOSLogging = ->
         catch e
           webkit?.messageHandlers?.consoleLogHandler?.postMessage level: level, arguments: ['could not post log: ' + e]
 
+loadOfflineFonts = ->
+  $('head').prepend '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/fonts/openSansCondensed.css">'
+
 # This is so hacky... hopefully it's restrictive enough to not be slow.
 # We could also keep a list of events we are actually subscribed for and only try to send those over.
 seen = null
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 30991c9ea..c66802b7b 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
     }
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "modernizr-mixin": "~3.0.0"
+    "modernizr-mixin": "~3.0.0",
+    "openSansCondensed": "https://google-fonts.azurewebsites.net/googleFonts/openSansCondensed?family=Open+Sans+Condensed:700&subset=latin,latin-ext,cyrillic-ext,greek-ext,greek,vietnamese,cyrillic"
   }
 }
diff --git a/config.coffee b/config.coffee
index f18bdc0cf..af3544594 100644
--- a/config.coffee
+++ b/config.coffee
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ exports.config =
     assetsmanager:
       copyTo:
         'lib/ace': ['node_modules/ace-builds/src-min-noconflict/*']
+        'fonts': ['bower_components/openSansCondensed/*']
     autoReload:
       delay: 1000