diff --git a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/gatsby-config.js b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/gatsby-config.js
index 8d3a1c871..22c762133 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/gatsby-config.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/gatsby-config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module.exports = themeOptions => {
     backgroundColor = colors.uiBackground,
     themeColor = colors.interactive01,
     display = 'browser',
+    fontWeights = ['300', '400', '600'],
     favicon = require.resolve('./src/images/light.png'),
   } = themeOptions;
 
@@ -20,6 +21,20 @@ module.exports = themeOptions => {
     plugins: [
       `gatsby-plugin-sharp`,
       `gatsby-transformer-yaml`,
+      {
+        resolve: `gatsby-plugin-prefetch-google-fonts`,
+        options: {
+          fonts: [
+            {
+              family: `IBM Plex Sans`,
+              variants: fontWeights,
+            },
+            {
+              family: `IBM Plex Mono`,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
       {
         resolve: `gatsby-source-filesystem`,
         name: `Nav`,
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/package.json b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/package.json
index fc233e2ce..26aa47043 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "gatsby-plugin-compile-es6-packages": "^1.1.0",
     "gatsby-plugin-emotion": "^4.0.6",
     "gatsby-plugin-manifest": "^2.1.1",
+    "gatsby-plugin-prefetch-google-fonts": "^1.4.2",
     "gatsby-plugin-react-helmet": "^3.0.12",
     "gatsby-plugin-sass": "^2.0.11",
     "gatsby-plugin-sharp": "^2.0.36",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/Homepage/homepage.scss b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/Homepage/homepage.scss
index 758541659..91cea4992 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/Homepage/homepage.scss
+++ b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/Homepage/homepage.scss
@@ -87,3 +87,7 @@
     padding-left: 400px;
   }
 }
+
+.container--homepage .#{$prefix}--col-no-gutter {
+  padding: 0;
+}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/styles/index.scss b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/styles/index.scss
index ffaefdbed..9677a127b 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/styles/index.scss
+++ b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/styles/index.scss
@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@
 @import '~@carbon/elements/scss/layout/breakpoint';
 @import '~@carbon/elements/scss/layout/layout';
 @import '~@carbon/elements/scss/grid/grid';
+@import '~@carbon/elements/scss/colors/colors';
 
-@import '~@carbon/elements/scss/type/type';
-@import '~@carbon/elements/scss/type/font-face/sans';
-@import '~@carbon/elements/scss/type/font-face/serif';
-@import '~@carbon/elements/scss/type/font-face/mono';
 @import '~@carbon/elements/scss/type/classes';
+@import '~@carbon/elements/scss/type/reset';
+@include carbon--type-reset();
 
-@import '~@carbon/elements/scss/colors/colors';
+@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=IBM+Plex+Sans&text=%E2%86%B3'); // ↳ special character
 
-@include carbon--type-reset();
-@include carbon--font-face-mono();
-@include carbon--font-face-sans();
-@include carbon--font-face-serif();
+$font-family: 'IBM Plex Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;
+$font-family-mono: 'IBM Plex Mono', 'Menlo', 'DejaVu Sans Mono',
+  'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace;
 
 $feature-flags: (
   ui-shell: true,
@@ -37,10 +35,6 @@ $prefix: 'bx';
 @import '~@carbon/addons-website/scss/components/website-side-nav';
 @import '~@carbon/addons-website/scss/components/website-back-to-top-btn';
 
-$font-family: 'IBM Plex Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;
-$font-family-mono: 'IBM Plex Mono', 'Menlo', 'DejaVu Sans Mono',
-  'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace;
-
 //---------------------------------------
 // Page styles
 //---------------------------------------
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7518f0fef..717ff3eb4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx-self" "^7.0.0"
     "@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx-source" "^7.0.0"
 
-"@babel/runtime@^7.0.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.4.2":
+"@babel/runtime@^7.0.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.2.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.4.2":
   version "7.4.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.4.4.tgz#dc2e34982eb236803aa27a07fea6857af1b9171d"
   integrity sha512-w0+uT71b6Yi7i5SE0co4NioIpSYS6lLiXvCzWzGSKvpK5vdQtCbICHMj+gbAKAOtxiV6HsVh/MBdaF9EQ6faSg==
@@ -2439,6 +2439,14 @@ aws4@^1.8.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.8.0.tgz#f0e003d9ca9e7f59c7a508945d7b2ef9a04a542f"
   integrity sha512-ReZxvNHIOv88FlT7rxcXIIC0fPt4KZqZbOlivyWtXLt8ESx84zd3kMC6iK5jVeS2qt+g7ftS7ye4fi06X5rtRQ==
 
+axios@^0.18.0:
+  version "0.18.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.18.0.tgz#32d53e4851efdc0a11993b6cd000789d70c05102"
+  integrity sha1-MtU+SFHv3AoRmTts0AB4nXDAUQI=
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects "^1.3.0"
+    is-buffer "^1.1.5"
+
 axobject-query@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axobject-query/-/axobject-query-2.0.2.tgz#ea187abe5b9002b377f925d8bf7d1c561adf38f9"
@@ -3462,6 +3470,13 @@ classnames@2.2.6, classnames@^2.2.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/classnames/-/classnames-2.2.6.tgz#43935bffdd291f326dad0a205309b38d00f650ce"
   integrity sha512-JR/iSQOSt+LQIWwrwEzJ9uk0xfN3mTVYMwt1Ir5mUcSN6pU+V4zQFFaJsclJbPuAUQH+yfWef6tm7l1quW3C8Q==
 
+clean-css@^4.2.1:
+  version "4.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/clean-css/-/clean-css-4.2.1.tgz#2d411ef76b8569b6d0c84068dabe85b0aa5e5c17"
+  integrity sha512-4ZxI6dy4lrY6FHzfiy1aEOXgu4LIsW2MhwG0VBKdcoGoH/XLFgaHSdLTGr4O8Be6A8r3MOphEiI8Gc1n0ecf3g==
+  dependencies:
+    source-map "~0.6.0"
+
 cli-boxes@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-boxes/-/cli-boxes-1.0.0.tgz#4fa917c3e59c94a004cd61f8ee509da651687143"
@@ -4322,7 +4337,7 @@ cssnano-util-same-parent@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cssnano-util-same-parent/-/cssnano-util-same-parent-4.0.1.tgz#574082fb2859d2db433855835d9a8456ea18bbf3"
   integrity sha512-WcKx5OY+KoSIAxBW6UBBRay1U6vkYheCdjyVNDm85zt5K9mHoGOfsOsqIszfAqrQQFIIKgjh2+FDgIj/zsl21Q==
 
-cssnano@^4.1.0:
+cssnano@^4.0.5, cssnano@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cssnano/-/cssnano-4.1.10.tgz#0ac41f0b13d13d465487e111b778d42da631b8b2"
   integrity sha512-5wny+F6H4/8RgNlaqab4ktc3e0/blKutmq8yNlBFXA//nSFFAqAngjNVRzUvCgYROULmZZUoosL/KSoZo5aUaQ==
@@ -5983,7 +5998,7 @@ focus-trap@^4.0.2:
     tabbable "^3.1.2"
     xtend "^4.0.1"
 
-follow-redirects@^1.0.0:
+follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.3.0:
   version "1.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.7.0.tgz#489ebc198dc0e7f64167bd23b03c4c19b5784c76"
   integrity sha512-m/pZQy4Gj287eNy94nivy5wchN3Kp+Q5WgUPNy5lJSZ3sgkVKSYV/ZChMAQVIgx1SqfZ2zBZtPA2YlXIWxxJOQ==
@@ -6261,6 +6276,20 @@ gatsby-plugin-page-creator@^2.0.12:
     parse-filepath "^1.0.1"
     slash "^1.0.0"
 
+gatsby-plugin-prefetch-google-fonts@^1.4.2:
+  version "1.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gatsby-plugin-prefetch-google-fonts/-/gatsby-plugin-prefetch-google-fonts-1.4.2.tgz#a9a4291bec9e0ddf34a0112ec969afc5b2d60902"
+  integrity sha512-aeeWsXAZtgvj3SfFa22tVFbki12W9df4xVWaQ/SEV2FKGve9sMaInWIRtUBgJZ7kPl8JBuhzcNz69XitxC0WqQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.2.0"
+    clean-css "^4.2.1"
+    download "^7.1.0"
+    fs-extra "^7.0.0"
+    get-urls "^8.0.0"
+    globby "^8.0.1"
+    google-fonts-plugin "2.0.2"
+    object-hash "^1.3.0"
+
 gatsby-plugin-react-helmet@^3.0.12:
   version "3.0.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gatsby-plugin-react-helmet/-/gatsby-plugin-react-helmet-3.0.12.tgz#805252b54ea4044d286d2158991429aa4f60aa02"
@@ -6631,6 +6660,14 @@ get-stream@^4.0.0, get-stream@^4.1.0:
   dependencies:
     pump "^3.0.0"
 
+get-urls@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-urls/-/get-urls-8.0.0.tgz#62a0225cf96e2336b57e5041781f015141f81511"
+  integrity sha512-9c6aVD6HqnpFjqWSoRzSGNo69hNnSa8EevNFVeIRSLYqYlIJNvtHgrqiQ1sUjHwbZPBY5gO1FMlVjmElfdneqw==
+  dependencies:
+    normalize-url "^3.3.0"
+    url-regex "^4.0.0"
+
 get-value@^2.0.3, get-value@^2.0.6:
   version "2.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-value/-/get-value-2.0.6.tgz#dc15ca1c672387ca76bd37ac0a395ba2042a2c28"
@@ -6809,6 +6846,17 @@ good-listener@^1.2.2:
   dependencies:
     delegate "^3.1.2"
 
+google-fonts-plugin@2.0.2:
+  version "2.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/google-fonts-plugin/-/google-fonts-plugin-2.0.2.tgz#a9ed816239bd92a3605915c8cfce6acf023d70b9"
+  integrity sha512-pWYFe6zoLA6uIUpSr/pkakf3DwA2fYgpStfe54AmkiKTHMCUILvtqihHaS2f4SqbTpdpEUYVTMMgvs2ur1ge8g==
+  dependencies:
+    axios "^0.18.0"
+    cssnano "^4.0.5"
+    mkdirp "^0.5.1"
+    neon-js "^1.1.2"
+    path "^0.12.7"
+
 got@8.0.0:
   version "8.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/got/-/got-8.0.0.tgz#57a11f841edc58e3f3eba4b3ac220faf5133770f"
@@ -9494,6 +9542,11 @@ neo-async@^2.5.0, neo-async@^2.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/neo-async/-/neo-async-2.6.0.tgz#b9d15e4d71c6762908654b5183ed38b753340835"
   integrity sha512-MFh0d/Wa7vkKO3Y3LlacqAEeHK0mckVqzDieUKTT+KGxi+zIpeVsFxymkIiRpbpDziHc290Xr9A1O4Om7otoRA==
 
+neon-js@^1.1.2:
+  version "1.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/neon-js/-/neon-js-1.1.2.tgz#af85d8e2bb8099cfc7f6fe256a896a5464b00623"
+  integrity sha1-r4XY4ruAmc/H9v4laolqVGSwBiM=
+
 next-tick@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/next-tick/-/next-tick-1.0.0.tgz#ca86d1fe8828169b0120208e3dc8424b9db8342c"
@@ -9873,7 +9926,7 @@ object-copy@^0.1.0:
     define-property "^0.2.5"
     kind-of "^3.0.3"
 
-object-hash@^1.1.4:
+object-hash@^1.1.4, object-hash@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-hash/-/object-hash-1.3.1.tgz#fde452098a951cb145f039bb7d455449ddc126df"
   integrity sha512-OSuu/pU4ENM9kmREg0BdNrUDIl1heYa4mBZacJc+vVWz4GtAwu7jO8s4AIt2aGRUTqxykpWzI3Oqnsm13tTMDA==
@@ -10558,6 +10611,14 @@ path-type@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     pify "^3.0.0"
 
+path@^0.12.7:
+  version "0.12.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path/-/path-0.12.7.tgz#d4dc2a506c4ce2197eb481ebfcd5b36c0140b10f"
+  integrity sha1-1NwqUGxM4hl+tIHr/NWzbAFAsQ8=
+  dependencies:
+    process "^0.11.1"
+    util "^0.10.3"
+
 pbkdf2@^3.0.3:
   version "3.0.17"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pbkdf2/-/pbkdf2-3.0.17.tgz#976c206530617b14ebb32114239f7b09336e93a6"
@@ -11128,7 +11189,7 @@ process-nextick-args@~2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/process-nextick-args/-/process-nextick-args-2.0.0.tgz#a37d732f4271b4ab1ad070d35508e8290788ffaa"
   integrity sha512-MtEC1TqN0EU5nephaJ4rAtThHtC86dNN9qCuEhtshvpVBkAW5ZO7BASN9REnF9eoXGcRub+pFuKEpOHE+HbEMw==
 
-process@^0.11.10:
+process@^0.11.1, process@^0.11.10:
   version "0.11.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/process/-/process-0.11.10.tgz#7332300e840161bda3e69a1d1d91a7d4bc16f182"
   integrity sha1-czIwDoQBYb2j5podHZGn1LwW8YI=
@@ -12752,7 +12813,7 @@ source-map@^0.5.0, source-map@^0.5.3, source-map@^0.5.6, source-map@^0.5.7, sour
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map/-/source-map-0.5.7.tgz#8a039d2d1021d22d1ea14c80d8ea468ba2ef3fcc"
   integrity sha1-igOdLRAh0i0eoUyA2OpGi6LvP8w=
 
-source-map@^0.6.0, source-map@^0.6.1, source-map@~0.6.1:
+source-map@^0.6.0, source-map@^0.6.1, source-map@~0.6.0, source-map@~0.6.1:
   version "0.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz#74722af32e9614e9c287a8d0bbde48b5e2f1a263"
   integrity sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==
@@ -13429,6 +13490,11 @@ title-case@^2.1.0:
     no-case "^2.2.0"
     upper-case "^1.0.3"
 
+tlds@^1.187.0:
+  version "1.203.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tlds/-/tlds-1.203.1.tgz#4dc9b02f53de3315bc98b80665e13de3edfc1dfc"
+  integrity sha512-7MUlYyGJ6rSitEZ3r1Q1QNV8uSIzapS8SmmhSusBuIc7uIxPPwsKllEP0GRp1NS6Ik6F+fRZvnjDWm3ecv2hDw==
+
 tmp@^0.0.31:
   version "0.0.31"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.31.tgz#8f38ab9438e17315e5dbd8b3657e8bfb277ae4a7"
@@ -13984,6 +14050,14 @@ url-regex@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     ip-regex "^1.0.1"
 
+url-regex@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/url-regex/-/url-regex-4.1.1.tgz#a5617b22e15e26dac57ce74c3f52088bcdfec995"
+  integrity sha512-ViSDgDPNKkrQHI81GLCjdDN+Rsk3tAW/uLXlBOJxtcHzWZjta58Z0APXhfXzS89YszsheMnEvXeDXsWUB53wwA==
+  dependencies:
+    ip-regex "^1.0.1"
+    tlds "^1.187.0"
+
 url-template@^2.0.8:
   version "2.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/url-template/-/url-template-2.0.8.tgz#fc565a3cccbff7730c775f5641f9555791439f21"
@@ -14027,6 +14101,13 @@ util@0.10.3:
   dependencies:
     inherits "2.0.1"
 
+util@^0.10.3:
+  version "0.10.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util/-/util-0.10.4.tgz#3aa0125bfe668a4672de58857d3ace27ecb76901"
+  integrity sha512-0Pm9hTQ3se5ll1XihRic3FDIku70C+iHUdT/W926rSgHV5QgXsYbKZN8MSC3tJtSkhuROzvsQjAaFENRXr+19A==
+  dependencies:
+    inherits "2.0.3"
+
 util@^0.11.0:
   version "0.11.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util/-/util-0.11.1.tgz#3236733720ec64bb27f6e26f421aaa2e1b588d61"