Questions tagged [google-webfonts]

Google Web Fonts project's goals are to create a directory of core web fonts for the world and to provide an API service so that anyone can bring quality typography to their webpages.

Google Web Fonts project's goals are to create a directory of core web fonts for the world and to provide an API service so that anyone can bring quality typography to their webpages.

The API service runs on Google's servers. They are fast, reliable and tested. Google provide the service free of charge. It is possible to add Google Web Fonts to a website in seconds. A web built with web fonts is a web that is more beautiful, more readable, more accessible and more open.

All of the fonts are Open Source. This means that you are free to share your favorites with friends and colleagues. You can even improve or customize them and collaborate with the original designer. And you can use them in every way you want, privately or commercially – in print, on your computer, or in your websites.

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Properly define styles (font-style/font-weight) for webfonts

I'm using Google Web Fonts and I'm not entirely sure how to correctly define font-style/font-weight. What is the difference in defining normal or 400 as the desired font-weight for regular body copy? Do I just define font-style: italic; or reference…
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font-weight rendering differently on desktop browsers vs. iOS browsers

I'm using a Google Webfont called Open Sans with font-weight:800 specified for h1 tags. When I view this page on iOS browsers (Chrome and Safari on iPhone or iPad), the font renders more thinly than it renders in desktop browsers. You can see the…
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Webfont Loader & Google JSAPI Cannot load together?

I'm not sure why, though getting a similar issue. Trying to load in a font from fonts.com with webfontloader so I can call functions after they're loaded.