Self-hosting fonts explained (including Google fonts) // @font-face tutorial
Google fonts are great, but often self-hosting them is a better choice, or if you’re in parts of Europe, it might be your only choice, so in this video I take a look at the basics of how to self-host fonts.
🔗 Links
✅ Font Squirrel Webfont Generator: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/we...
⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Getting fonts from Google fonts
02:03 - The problem with downloaded Google fonts
02:30 - Converting from .ttf to .woff and .woff2
05:35 - Adding the fonts to a project
06:36 - Setting up @font-face rules to use the fonts in our CSS
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