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Introducing Laravel Google Fonts

23 Jun 2021

  • #laravel
  • #webfonts
  • #performance
  • #privacy

Today, we're launching a new Spatie package: Laravel Google Fonts. I've written about Google Fonts before. It's a great font catalog, but the service has it's downsides. First, fonts are hosted on a different domain than your app, so the browser needs to do an additional DNS lookup. Second, it's Google. Privacy-minded visitors might not appreciate the trip to Silicon Valley.

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Self-hosting Google Fonts

15 Apr 2021

  • #css
  • #webfonts
  • #performance
  • #privacy

I haven't used Google Fonts in production for a long time. I use the service for development, and strip out all references to Google before going live. I do this for performance, and my visitors' privacy.

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