Robert Wetzlmayr 🇪🇺Mar 1
Per Axbom
Developer making use of Google Fonts? Don't.

You could try Bunny Fonts.

"Easily integrate Bunny Fonts into your website with a Google Fonts drop-in compatible API. But without the tracking!"

https://bunny.net/fonts/
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Show threadJoaquim HomrighausenMar 1
@axbom Or just serve everything locally and avoid CDNs ...
Show threadPer AxbomMar 1
@joho Fair and very true. But often I feel people are prepared to do the bare minimum but not the whole assignment. 😅
Show threadJoaquim HomrighausenMar 1

@axbom I hear you, and that is unfortunately my experience too.

So I refuse to use CDNs if it can be avoided, which it can in just about every scenario 😊

Show threadAlerta! Alerta!Mar 1

@axbom download the fonts and use them self hosted?

No IP-Addresses exfiltrated to any third party... 🤷

Do people still know how to self host things?

Show threadmirek kratochvilMar 2

@axbom I use this a lot to avoid the lock-in:
https://github.com/majodev/google-webfonts-helper

But great to see there's cooler alternatives nowadays

#fonts

GitHub - majodev/google-webfonts-helper: A Hassle-Free Way to Self-Host Google Fonts. Get eot, ttf, svg, woff and woff2 files + CSS snippets

A Hassle-Free Way to Self-Host Google Fonts. Get eot, ttf, svg, woff and woff2 files + CSS snippets - majodev/google-webfonts-helper

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Show threadBjarne OldrupMar 2

@axbom I know it doesn't look exactly the same on different systems, and for many applications thats perfectly ok.

https://modernfontstacks.com/

Modern Font Stacks

System font stack CSS organized by typeface classification for every modern OS. The fastest fonts available. No downloading, no layout shifts, no flashes — just instant renders.

Show threadAnders LundMar 2
@axbom ... or do your design properly and just use 'sans' and 'serif' :)
Show threadmrayMar 2
@axbom Not serving your entire page locally remains a strange concept to me, with 🤢 … or without Google.
Show threadRevK Mar 3
@axbom interesting given @neil post about ICO and third party fonts - this would still be third party so what now?
Show threadPer AxbomMar 3
@revk

Local is always better, but if you are using Google Fonts you are far from a setup that hosts fonts locally, and convincing someone to go local in that scenario is a greater challenge. I'm thinking baby steps. If people are aware of Bunny's fonts they can make better choices. Switching away from Google to Bunny is a smaller ask in many working contexts. 👶 😁

Lots of folks have commented that local is always the preferred way to go. It's a good thing those comments are visible in this thread. I agree with them.

@neil
Show threadLudwig VielfrassMar 4
@axbom I’ve been a bunny.net customer for almost a year now and I continue to be impressed by them.
Show threadGuBMar 5
@axbom
Les polices de caractères doivent être une ressource locale. Tous les appels à des ressources externes sont au mieux une incompétence, au pire un problème de sécurité.
Aucune raison d'utiliser une police externe à part la complicité au pistage.