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mrx3
mrx3
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Posted by mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points

How many of you use @font-face or Google Fonts?

I'm just wondering how many of use Google Fonts over @font-face services like font squirrel? Or do you prefer to use to @font-face over Google Fonts?

I tend to use Google Fonts over @font-face because, all I have to do is copy the link, paste it in my head section, and then begin setting up the various fonts. Thanks for any feedback about the question.

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Dylan Macnab
Dylan Macnab
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Dylan Macnab
Dylan Macnab
24,861 Points

Google fonts is where I go first, because they're high quality, easy to use, and free to use. That said, they don't always have what I'm looking for. Hosting the fonts yourself through @font-face is a pretty great but sometimes there are issues with making extra requests to the server for each font file.

Another option that a lot of professional designers use are services like Typekit https://typekit.com/ . It's not free, but the selection and quality is really great. I think they have a free trial you can use on one personal site if you're interested.

mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points
mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points

Thanks for the feed back Dylan.