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> What would a technical solution that respects privacy look like? In case of fonts: hosting it on your domain.

• ZeroGravitas 5y ago
  Google Fonts actually provides a couple of extra services, which can't be replicated just by 'hosting' the files. Not as relevant now, but in the past a big feature was serving the smallest font file to the user based on the browser version they had. Nowadays, the ability to use a Unicode aware font without sending the whole thing to every user is another feature they offer. Both feel like things that browser improvements could take care of themselves eventually though and in the meantime libraries running locally could handle. (For similar services, licencing plays a part, as you may be paying for the font per view or something like that, but that Doesn't apply for Google Fonts)