Re:Google Fonts: more than a trillion served
by jonknee on Saturday November 30, 2013 @08:41AM
(#6823127)
... All the fonts are open source, you can quite literally use Google's native versions. It's not exactly rocket science. You want Droid Sans?
http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v...
http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v...
http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v...
Re:Google Fonts: more than a trillion served
by eps on Saturday November 30, 2013 @10:20AM
(#6823343)
... And you got these links from? What is the license for these .eot and .woff? Who says you can self-host them?
Rocket science or not, the bottom line is that these are not available from Google Fonts. You are expected to either use hosted version or muddle through the conversion process.
Re:Google Fonts: more than a trillion served
by notJim on Saturday November 30, 2013 @02:06AM
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Here you go: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator. Upload a font and get back a kit with everything you need.
Re:Google Fonts: more than a trillion served
by eps on Saturday November 30, 2013 @02:22AM
(#6822556)
Yeah, try it with Droid Sans, compare the results, report back.
@font-face generators are dime a dozen. The issue is that they generate kits of subpar quality for Google fonts.
Re:Google Fonts: more than a trillion served
by dkuntz2 on Saturday November 30, 2013 @04:09AM
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Most of the time Font Squirrel has them made already, and you don't need to convert the already stripped down fonts from Google's severs...
Yeah, you try that. It's a single format that you need to convert yourself to produce woffs, eots and other variations needed for the actual self-hosted deployment, and no matter how you convert, they will never come out looking the same as Google's native versions. This "go ahead, host it yourself" is disingenious and manipulative at best.