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> Except the part where they allow you to download them and serve yourself. Yeah, you try that. It's a single format that you need to convert yourself to produ

by eps 13y ago

> Except the part where they allow you to download them and serve yourself. Yeah, you try that. It's a single format that you need to convert yourself to produce woffs, eots and other variations needed for the actual self-hosted deployment, and no matter how you convert, they will never come out looking the same as Google's native versions. This "go ahead, host it yourself" is disingenious and manipulative at best.

notJim 13y ago
Here you go: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator http://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator. Upload a font and get back a kit with everything you need.
- eps 13y ago
  Yeah, try it with Droid Sans, compare the results, report back. @font-face generators are dime a dozen. The issue is that they generate kits of subpar quality for Google fonts.
  - dkuntz2 13y ago
    Most of the time Font Squirrel has them made already, and you don't need to convert the already stripped down fonts from Google's severs...
    - eps 13y ago
      Font Squirrel conversion botches up a lot of fonts, Droid Sans being the prime example.
      - dkuntz2 13y ago
        Even if you download it elsewhere first (where elsewhere equals not Google)?
jonknee 13y ago
... All the fonts are open source, you can quite literally use Google's native versions. It's not exactly rocket science. You want Droid Sans? http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v3/s-BiyweUPV0v-yRb-cjciMDdSZkkecOE1hvV7ZHvhyU.ttf http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v... http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v3/s-BiyweUPV0v-yRb-cjciFQlYEbsez9cZjKsNMjLOwM.eot http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v... http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v3/s-BiyweUPV0v-yRb-cjciBsxEYwM7FgeyaSgU71cLG0.woff http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v...
- eps 13y ago
  ... And you got these links from? What is the license for these .eot and .woff? Who says you can self-host them? Rocket science or not, the bottom line is that these are not available from Google Fonts. You are expected to either use hosted version or muddle through the conversion process.
- ward 13y ago
  @eps http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/ http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/

by eps 13y ago

notJim 13y ago

Here you go: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator http://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator. Upload a font and get back a kit with everything you need.

eps 13y ago
Yeah, try it with Droid Sans, compare the results, report back. @font-face generators are dime a dozen. The issue is that they generate kits of subpar quality for Google fonts.
- dkuntz2 13y ago
  Most of the time Font Squirrel has them made already, and you don't need to convert the already stripped down fonts from Google's severs...
  - eps 13y ago
    Font Squirrel conversion botches up a lot of fonts, Droid Sans being the prime example.
    - dkuntz2 13y ago
      Even if you download it elsewhere first (where elsewhere equals not Google)?

jonknee 13y ago

... All the fonts are open source, you can quite literally use Google's native versions. It's not exactly rocket science. You want Droid Sans? http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v3/s-BiyweUPV0v-yRb-cjciMDdSZkkecOE1hvV7ZHvhyU.ttf http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v... http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v3/s-BiyweUPV0v-yRb-cjciFQlYEbsez9cZjKsNMjLOwM.eot http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v... http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v3/s-BiyweUPV0v-yRb-cjciBsxEYwM7FgeyaSgU71cLG0.woff http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/droidsans/v...

eps 13y ago
... And you got these links from? What is the license for these .eot and .woff? Who says you can self-host them? Rocket science or not, the bottom line is that these are not available from Google Fonts. You are expected to either use hosted version or muddle through the conversion process.
ward 13y ago
@eps http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/ http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/