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How is this useful if everyone else hasn't already downloaded those fonts? Everyone has Ariel. That's why it is so popular.

hydrazine 15y ago
The fonts are delivered from Google in real-time and don't have to be pre-downloaded. That's the beauty of it! But of course Arial is still a good default.
- natesm 15y ago
  "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial is a better default! Show the good one to those of us that have it (all Mac OS X and iOS users).
  - wahnfrieden 15y ago
    Helvetica usually looks like shit on Windows if the user happens to have it. So you might try a different order, or just rely on most Mac users having Helvetica Neue.
notJim 15y ago
You can embed font declarations in CSS (the @font-face declaration), specifying a path to a download. The browser will download the font and show it on web pages with the declaration. Google offers an array of freely-available (open source, actually, I think, but I'm not 100% sure) fonts that are hosted on their servers that you can use.
- jackpirate 15y ago
  That makes a lot more sense... I'm a little behind the times I guess with my CSS.
- ethereal 15y ago
  > (open source, actually, I think, but I'm not 100% sure) To quote from the "introduction" dialog [0]: "Hundreds of free, open-source fonts optimized for the web". Looking further, the "about" page [1] provides a bit more information: "All the Google web fonts are open source. That means that you are free to to use them in any way you want, independent of whether you're working on a private or commercial project." I'm not sure what license they're using, though . . . I can't find anything but Google's standard "terms of service" license anywhere on the site. [0] http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2#HomePlace:home http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2#HomePlace:home [1] http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2#AboutPlace:about http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2#AboutPlace:about
  - elwin 15y ago
    The licenses are on the individual fonts' pages (try the "Pop Out" links.) Most of them are under the SIL Open Font License.

hydrazine 15y ago

The fonts are delivered from Google in real-time and don't have to be pre-downloaded. That's the beauty of it! But of course Arial is still a good default.

natesm 15y ago
"Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial is a better default! Show the good one to those of us that have it (all Mac OS X and iOS users).
- wahnfrieden 15y ago
  Helvetica usually looks like shit on Windows if the user happens to have it. So you might try a different order, or just rely on most Mac users having Helvetica Neue.

notJim 15y ago

You can embed font declarations in CSS (the @font-face declaration), specifying a path to a download. The browser will download the font and show it on web pages with the declaration. Google offers an array of freely-available (open source, actually, I think, but I'm not 100% sure) fonts that are hosted on their servers that you can use.

jackpirate 15y ago
That makes a lot more sense... I'm a little behind the times I guess with my CSS.
ethereal 15y ago
> (open source, actually, I think, but I'm not 100% sure) To quote from the "introduction" dialog [0]: "Hundreds of free, open-source fonts optimized for the web". Looking further, the "about" page [1] provides a bit more information: "All the Google web fonts are open source. That means that you are free to to use them in any way you want, independent of whether you're working on a private or commercial project." I'm not sure what license they're using, though . . . I can't find anything but Google's standard "terms of service" license anywhere on the site. [0] http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2#HomePlace:home http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2#HomePlace:home [1] http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2#AboutPlace:about http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2#AboutPlace:about
- elwin 15y ago
  The licenses are on the individual fonts' pages (try the "Pop Out" links.) Most of them are under the SIL Open Font License.