Comments on: How to Host Fonts Locally in WordPress (Classic & Block Themes!) https://torquemag.io/2023/03/host-fonts-locally-wordpress/ All the Word that's fit to Press Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Nick Schäferhoff https://torquemag.io/2023/03/host-fonts-locally-wordpress/#comment-1097910 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:27:28 +0000 https://torquemag.io/?p=94338#comment-1097910 In reply to Daan van den Bergh.

Hey Daan, thanks for chiming in and providing additional details! Do you have a good alternative for GWH? And is the problem just the file type or is their markup for enqueueing them also flawed?

Again, thanks for adding your thoughts. Cheer!

]]> By: Daan van den Bergh https://torquemag.io/2023/03/host-fonts-locally-wordpress/#comment-1097064 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 04:52:58 +0000 https://torquemag.io/?p=94338#comment-1097064 Hi Nick!

Thanks for mentioning OMGF!

A quick word on your manual method; the Google Webfonts Helper really shouldn’t be used anymore. It hasn’t been maintained for 3+ years, and it “behaves” like an old browser when downloading the files. Meaning you’ll get lesser compressed, much bigger files. It also doesn’t support Variable Fonts, which is the ultimate form of compression (one file for all font styles). There are newer alternatives out there.

Oh, and OMGF is also fully compatible with block themes 🙂 So, for users of a block theme that don’t want to follow the manual method (which is still pretty cool, btw.) it’s an easy alternative.

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