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Dave Lawlor
2,732 PointsUsing Google Fonts in a Website that is installed "locally".
Hi
Early days for me - I hope this isn't a dumb question, but.....
If I was running a website and hosting it internally what would happen to the elements on my site that are using Google fonts if I lost the external network? What would be displayed?
Thanks.
2 Answers
Yorick Toma
742 PointsSo in short the question is: What if the google font resource is not found ? It will just display text in the stock browser font. still you'd get an error. Alternatively you could cache or just download your resources. If it is a free font with a lets say WTFPL it'd be wise to download it and use fontface.
Dave Lawlor
2,732 PointsI re watched the video - I realize the explanation is there.
Dave Lawlor
2,732 PointsDave Lawlor
2,732 PointsThanks Yorick
That's great.
Yorick Toma
742 PointsYorick Toma
742 PointsYou're welcome, still keep in mind when you store a font on your server each user will download it causing extra load on your server. When publishing it online your user has an internet connection anyways so i would recommend loading Google their servers. They've got server capacity enough.