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Posted by Steve Han
Steve Han
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Self hosting Google fonts

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can self host Google fonts

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Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
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Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

This is definitely possible, just like any other file you can download. However, it's generally recommended to not do this, because using Google's version of it will always serve you the latest version of the font, you'll be leveraging Google's fast, safe, and secure CDN, and you might be violating the license agreement of some fonts if you self-host them. I found this good article on some best practices when trying to do this