**David Mynors** @idmyn · 2018-05-12T10:20:28Z

David Mynors @idmyn

David Mynors @idmyn

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May 12, 2018, 10:20 · 19 · 9

**A kind (of) writer** @mareklach@mastodon.xyz · May 12, 2018, 10:43

**A kind (of) writer** @mareklach@mastodon.xyz · May 12, 2018, 10:43

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**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 11:01

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 11:01

**Allien** @allien@mstdn.io · May 12, 2018, 10:54

**Allien** @allien@mstdn.io · May 12, 2018, 10:54

@idmyn there's a lot of free fonts out there. If their licence allows web usage, I recommend using Font Squirrel's webfont generator, so you can load all the fonts locally (instead of linking GFonts versions): https://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator

Also check out https://brick.im for fonts.

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 10:59

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 10:59

@allien Thanks for this!

Would I be right in thinking, then, that the webfont generator (doing it locally) is best, followed by https://brick.im (to replace GFonts more directly) if I wanted to be lazy?

**Allien** @allien@mstdn.io · May 12, 2018, 11:02

**Allien** @allien@mstdn.io · May 12, 2018, 11:02

@idmyn Yeah, you can put it like that. If I'm searching for a new font (besides my own collection), I usually browse GFonts for quick previews and then download the font as ZIP. Then just generate the webfonts yourself (even let's you select the glyphs to include/exclude to reduce font file size etc.). Use that in your site/app/whatever and feel the speed ;)

**Rhode Island Dzuk** @dzuk@weirder.earth · May 12, 2018, 11:05

**Rhode Island Dzuk** @dzuk@weirder.earth · May 12, 2018, 11:05

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**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 11:13

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 11:13

@dzuk Amazing, thank you!

**iona** @iona · May 12, 2018, 11:06

**iona** @iona · May 12, 2018, 11:06

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**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 11:12

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 11:12

**priryo** @priryo@linernotes.club · May 12, 2018, 14:09

**priryo** @priryo@linernotes.club · May 12, 2018, 14:09

**atenorio** @atenorio@gnusocial.net · May 12, 2018, 12:15

**atenorio** @atenorio@gnusocial.net · May 12, 2018, 12:15

@idmyn, by downloading the free fonts to our servers and not using the link provided by Google we are already taking a lot of power back. However I would also love to hear about a FLOSS repository of free fonts.

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 12:47

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 12:47

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**atenorio** @atenorio@gnusocial.net · May 12, 2018, 12:54

**atenorio** @atenorio@gnusocial.net · May 12, 2018, 12:54

@idmyn @dzuk Really interesting! thanks for sharing.

**Thomas Hodgson** @twsh · May 12, 2018, 13:42

**Thomas Hodgson** @twsh · May 12, 2018, 13:42

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**Demonkind.org** @demonkind@anticapitalist.party · May 12, 2018, 13:52

**Demonkind.org** @demonkind@anticapitalist.party · May 12, 2018, 13:52

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 14:02

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 14:02

@demonkind what about self-hosting the fonts?

**Demonkind.org** @demonkind@anticapitalist.party · May 12, 2018, 16:10

**Demonkind.org** @demonkind@anticapitalist.party · May 12, 2018, 16:10

@idmyn Served on the same database as the site itself? Yes as long as all the browsers out there will agree to use those fonts instead of imposing web or Google fonts in their place. I just don’t have confidence in that yet.

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 16:22

**David Mynors** @idmyn · May 12, 2018, 16:22

@demonkind Ahh, that's not a risk I considered, but I can see it being a worry

**Niklas Poslovski** @nipos@social.wiuwiu.de · May 12, 2018, 15:25

**Niklas Poslovski** @nipos@social.wiuwiu.de · May 12, 2018, 15:25

@idmyn You can download every font from Google Fonts and put it on your own server or use install it directly on your computer.But please don't use Googles Font CDN.You're right,they're evil,they track you and they shouldn't be used.

**⑨ laín ⑨** @lain@pleroma.soykaf.com · May 12, 2018, 15:25

**⑨ laín ⑨** @lain@pleroma.soykaf.com · May 12, 2018, 15:25

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**zmitchell** @zmitchell@mastodon.social · May 13, 2018, 01:53

**zmitchell** @zmitchell@mastodon.social · May 13, 2018, 01:53

@idmyn Try using a native font stack, that way the user doesn’t have to download any fonts at all. There’s an article on CSS Tricks