There's https://bunny.net/fonts/ - basically Google fonts without the Google.
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2024
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I would recommend just downloading the fonts and putting them onto your web server as static files. It used to be common advice to use a CDN for fonts, with the idea that if multiple webpages would include the same version of a font from the same CDN, then your browser wouldn't have to re-download it for your webpage.
But improved sandboxing in modern browsers has nixed that advantage. And with everything sitting behind HTTPS and potentially HTTP/2, it's now generally more efficient to pull stuff over the same connection as the webpage.
Well, unless your goal is to reduce the amount of traffic that reaches your web server. Then a CDN would still be useful.
Cool :)
Fontsource is a collection of open-source fonts that are packaged into individual NPM packages for self-hosting in your web applications. This documentation outlines the benefits of using Fontsource and how to get started. Advantages
1. Performance - Self-hosting fonts can significantly improve website performance by eliminating the extra latency caused by additional DNS resolution and TCP connection establishment that is required when using a CDN like Google Fonts. This can help to prevent doubled visual load times for simple websites, as benchmarked here and here.
2. Version Locking - Fonts remain version locked. Google often pushes updates to their fonts without notice, which may interfere with your live production projects. Manage your fonts like any other NPM dependency.
3. Privacy - Commit to privacy. Google does track the usage of their fonts and for those who are extremely privacy concerned, self-hosting is an alternative.
4. Offline - Your fonts load offline. This feature is beneficial for Progressive Web Apps and situations where you have limited or no access to the internet.
5. Additional Fonts - Support for fonts outside the Google Font ecosystem. This repository is constantly evolving with other Open Source fonts. Feel free to contribute!
Awesome! Thank you.
Nerd fonts, github
Ones you can download, or, like, ones that provide free hosting for remotely loaded fonts on every new client request?
Great question. I've been converting fonts to base 64 and having huge blocks of keyspam in my stylesheet
1001fonts you can sort by free for personal or free for commercial use. I use cooltext but could not find licensing info.