diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index c10f53cb5..144acf590 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
 - **Sidebar** - Sidebar now defaults to `useLegacy: false` to avoid the overhead of feature detection for most users
 - **Search** - Slightly adjusted search result theme for clarity
 - **Statistic** - Statistic label styles have been updated
+- **Site** - Additional font variables have been added to site to help clarify variable purpose.
 - **Site** - Increase contrast on default hovered/down colors for colored variations
 - **Site** - Page background is now `#FFFFFF` by default instead of an offwhite `#F7F7F7`
 - **Site** - Adjusted global line height to the closest even pixel value
diff --git a/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables b/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables
index 91753a58b..91fae1431 100644
--- a/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables
+++ b/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
        Fonts
 --------------------*/
 
-@headerFont        : 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
-@pageFont          : 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+@fontName          : 'Lato';
 @fontSmoothing     : antialiased;
 
+@headerFont        : @fontName, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+@pageFont          : @fontName, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+
+@googleFontName    : @fontName;
 @importGoogleFonts : true;
-@googleFontName    : 'Lato';
 @googleFontSizes   : '400,700,400italic,700italic';
 @googleSubset      : 'latin';