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Re:Self-host your fonts for better performance by jakub_g on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:44AM (#25301628)
You might be right, but the next question is fashion. Will the same fonts be used still in 5 years, or (more likely) the new hotness will arrive? Should the browsers update the list each year? Then some fonts that were available will suddenly be not? Not so great.

Web standards and browser features are generally built for the long term and backward compatibility. I mean, it's not impossible to find a solution, but it's definitely not "let's download some fonts and bundle with the browser, done" kind of problem.

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Re:Self-host your fonts for better performance by thrower123 on Friday December 04, 2020 @08:42AM (#25302112)
When you control 70% of the desktop market share, and you are releasing an evergreen browser that updates weekly, if not more frequently, any argument about not being able to stay on top of changes in the environment become rather silly.
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Re:Self-host your fonts for better performance by ClumsyPilot on Friday December 04, 2020 @08:44AM (#25302129)
We keep root ssl certificates up to date, surely we can handle a few fonts.
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Re:Self-host your fonts for better performance by netheril96 on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:56AM (#25301733)
At least it is not a problem for Google, since it controls both the most popular browse and most popular web font distribution channels.
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Re:Self-host your fonts for better performance by flomo on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:27PM (#25306551)
Microsoft's old "core fonts for the web" are still widely in use. (including here on HN.)
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Re:Self-host your fonts for better performance by hanspeter on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:15PM (#25307183)
Aside from Arial, which core fonts are still used widely?
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Re:Self-host your fonts for better performance by flomo on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:39AM (#25312371)
Right-click and inspect element.
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