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Re: Redesigned Google Fonts website

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Post by khobragade »

rpastuszak wrote: post #48

Tip: more privacy friendly Google alternatives are available and super easy to use: https://fontsource.org/ I switched most of my sites to use it and I’ve been quite happy so far. It just works. No need to leak data to Google. For weirder stuff (e.g. https://tidings.potato.horse ) I use sites like dafont.com and convert fonts using Font Squirrel.

There's this phenomenal app for font conversion called Webfont Kit Generator. The feature I like the most is Subsetting, it greatly reduces the file size. You might find it useful.

https://github.com/rafaelmardojai/webfont-kit-generator

Re: Redesigned Google Fonts website

#52

Post by toastal »

rpastuszak wrote: post #46
toastal wrote: post #41

CDN+Web font-related PSAs: Users: it’s a good idea to block all third-party fonts so you’re not leaking data (filter rule: *$font,third-party). Unlike scripts/styles, fonts generally don’t hurt the UX (unless a developer is using icon font which haven’t been best practice in a decade--which is ironic considering this blog is broken). Developers: vendor these Google Fonts (most are licensed SIL) as other have noted in…

Psst https://fontsource.org/ Is a really good, privacy-friendly Google Fonts alternative.

Privacy-friendly ∨ GitHub+Discord … pick one?

This is just another way to get fonts, no? It could be convenient to some, but doesn’t do much more than let you preview the a font & download it. Is a Node package manager the right tool to be downloading fonts?

Re: Redesigned Google Fonts website

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Post by onethought »

V__ wrote: post #44
toastal wrote: post #41

CDN+Web font-related PSAs: Users: it’s a good idea to block all third-party fonts so you’re not leaking data (filter rule: *$font,third-party). Unlike scripts/styles, fonts generally don’t hurt the UX (unless a developer is using icon font which haven’t been best practice in a decade--which is ironic considering this blog is broken). Developers: vendor these Google Fonts (most are licensed SIL) as other have noted in…

Fyi: Under GDPR you have to host these fonts yourself.

is that true? Using a font is not trafficking any of the users Pii data? Google might be breaching gdpr if they are doing some crazy tracking, but I don’t see how a consumer of their fonts could be breaching. I am probably missing something.

Re: Redesigned Google Fonts website

#55

Post by lapcat »

toastal wrote: post #41

CDN+Web font-related PSAs: Users: it’s a good idea to block all third-party fonts so you’re not leaking data (filter rule: *$font,third-party). Unlike scripts/styles, fonts generally don’t hurt the UX (unless a developer is using icon font which haven’t been best practice in a decade--which is ironic considering this blog is broken). Developers: vendor these Google Fonts (most are licensed SIL) as other have noted in…

> unless a developer is using icon font which haven’t been best practice in a decade

This is sadly quite common though, even and especially on hugely popular web sites.

Re: Redesigned Google Fonts website

#57

Post by FireInsight »

toastal wrote: post #52
rpastuszak wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Psst https://fontsource.org/ Is a really good, privacy-friendly Google Fonts alternative.

Privacy-friendly ∨ GitHub+Discord … pick one? This is just another way to get fonts, no? It could be convenient to some, but doesn’t do much more than let you preview the a font & download it. Is a Node package manager the right tool to be downloading fonts?

npm is pretty good for downloading fonts when the alternative is downloading, hosting, and configuring webfonts by hand.

Re: Redesigned Google Fonts website

#58

Post by rpastuszak »

khobragade wrote: post #51
rpastuszak wrote: post #48

Tip: more privacy friendly Google alternatives are available and super easy to use: https://fontsource.org/ I switched most of my sites to use it and I’ve been quite happy so far. It just works. No need to leak data to Google. For weirder stuff (e.g. https://tidings.potato.horse ) I use sites like dafont.com and convert fonts using Font Squirrel.

There's this phenomenal app for font conversion called Webfont Kit Generator. The feature I like the most is Subsetting, it greatly reduces the file size. You might find it useful. https://github.com/rafaelmardojai/webfont-kit-generator

This looks great, and it has a feature allowing for direct import from Google Fonts. Thanks!

Re: Redesigned Google Fonts website

#59

Post by rpastuszak »

toastal wrote: post #52
rpastuszak wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Psst https://fontsource.org/ Is a really good, privacy-friendly Google Fonts alternative.

Privacy-friendly ∨ GitHub+Discord … pick one? This is just another way to get fonts, no? It could be convenient to some, but doesn’t do much more than let you preview the a font & download it. Is a Node package manager the right tool to be downloading fonts?

Perhaps try cloning the repo do Codeberg and pull from there? Should be trivial.

Re: Redesigned Google Fonts website

#60

Post by brycewray »

V__ wrote: post #44
toastal wrote: post #41

CDN+Web font-related PSAs: Users: it’s a good idea to block all third-party fonts so you’re not leaking data (filter rule: *$font,third-party). Unlike scripts/styles, fonts generally don’t hurt the UX (unless a developer is using icon font which haven’t been best practice in a decade--which is ironic considering this blog is broken). Developers: vendor these Google Fonts (most are licensed SIL) as other have noted in…

Fyi: Under GDPR you have to host these fonts yourself.

For any who doubt you on this count:

https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1495

...still apparently up in the air, more than five years after the GDPR went into effect.

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