IANAL but they would not appear to be able to construct a case against you for using the fonts on your own server, since at no point is it stated that such a pr

IANAL but they would not appear to be able to construct a case against you for using the fonts on your own server, since at no point is it stated that such a practice would be in violation of the terms of use. As you observe, they do not explicitly answer the question, but their reticence should be taken as an implicit green light, encased in a warning about loading times. Most Google fonts are merely served from their hardware, and not created by them, so the license selected by the font's creator applies. Think of Google Fonts as an aggregator of free-to-use fonts. There is also a list of fonts and their licenses available from Google Fonts here: https://fonts.google.com/attribution https://fonts.google.com/attribution If you're really concerned, check who created the font and see if they make the font available under a permissive license on their own website. Lato, for instance, is available from its creator's website and is published under the Open Font License.