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Free fonts aren't sufficiently better than the default system fonts to justify the slowdown. More people will leave your site because of the added microsecond l
by zelly 7y ago
Free fonts aren't sufficiently better than the default system fonts to justify the slowdown. More people will leave your site because of the added microsecond latency than because "the font doesn't look good." You shouldn't use Google Fonts period.
https://practicaltypography.com/font-basics.html#why-use-professional-fonts https://practicaltypography.com/font-basics.html#why-use-pro...
- sascha_sl 7y agoThat post doesn't come across as anything but pure elitism, it makes no real point and just claims "yeah system and free fonts are just worse". Fonts like Roboto, Fira, Open Sans, Ubuntu, Merriweather or Vollkorn are all "professional grade" font families with lots of variants and options. Basic typesetting knowledge is going to get you much much further than buying a random professional font if you're designing "a document".