Should you self-host Google Fonts?

Re:Should you self-host Google Fonts? by HelloNurse on Sunday February 23, 2020 @10:44AM (#22397359)

It's the cloud that is not viable in a software world. Software is too important to introduce unnecessary dependencies and weaknesses.

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Re:Should you self-host Google Fonts? by unlinked_dll on Sunday February 23, 2020 @03:05PM (#22399188)

Eliminating weaknesses to provide services that are faster and more robust is exactly why CDNs exist. Whether or not you find them necessary is up to you. Personally a world with content closer to my machine with more robust servers that can handle high traffic is better than the alternative.

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Re:Should you self-host Google Fonts? by mneubrand on Monday February 24, 2020 @05:41PM (#22409230)

You can get the best of both worlds by self-hosting and putting a CDN in front of that. This way you get robustness and your app will still function in isolation

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