Google Fonts VS fontsource

I will use the Google Fonts service, we can use CDN links but I like to have those fonts directly in a project that is why I will download a list of fonts. I want to use the neutral font "Roboto", I think this type of font will fantastically represent our app with its functionality. I will download them and take only a few of them: regular, bold, light, and medium types.

13. Google Fonts

Google Fonts fonts.google.com Open-source fonts optimized for the web.

link do Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com

Website: fonts.google.com

That's definitely pretty easy to achieve, just change the font settings to use a particular handwritten style font [0].

[0] https://fonts.google.com/?categoryFilters=Calligraphy:%2FScr...

The game map uses several different typefaces to label places of interest from massive slab serifs to handwritten cursive. Rather than spending a single dime on paid fonts, I headed over to Google Fonts and quickly found decent alternatives to each type. Here’s the breakdown:

You can also download fonts from the internet using tools such as Google Fonts and then embed them into your webpage. For example:

We are using google_fonts to make the font more human-like 🤓, with google fonts, you are free to choose from a wide range of great fonts, but feel free to ignore it since it doesn't have to do with the animation itself 😅

Google fonts

Fontsource fontsource.org Self-host Google Fonts in your projects.

Fontsource1700+ open source fonts packaged as npm packages.

Fontsource[0] is also an easy way to self-host variable fonts via NPM packages.

[0] https://fontsource.org/?variable=true

A few years ago, while I was still in high school, I began learning how to create websites purely for fun. One thing I found to be tedious was self-hosting fonts, with existing solutions to improve it completely abandoned. Consequently, I decided to learn a bit more about JavaScript by rewriting and improving these abandoned projects which led to the creation of Fontsource[0].

This project has undoubtedly set of a series of impactful events in my life, and I attribute many of my successes to it. I've had opportunities to network with numerous amazing engineers through it, leading to a part-time role and multiple internships. Companies that approached me for support also wanted to keep in touch! I also graduate this year and I am going with a full-time role from one of the aforementioned internships.

While I acknowledge my circumstances are extremely fortunate, I genuinely believe that having open source projects early on in your career can significantly contribute to standing out as a developer.

[0] https://fontsource.org

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.

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.

Fontsource publishes all Google Fonts fonts as NPM packages, allowing you to easily import them with modern bundlers.

I personally like using FontSource for this, they have some extra fonts beyond Google Fonts too

I stumbled upon fontsource.org the other day and I found the idea of installing fonts from npm packages appealing.