Title: Google fonts
Last modified: November 9, 2018

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# Google fonts

 *  Resolved [stevert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevert/)
 * (@stevert)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-fonts-44/)
 * Hi,
    I have a question regarding the use of Google fonts. If I do choose a Google
   font and also enable to serve them from my own server, will the whole font-family
   be loaded, even if I only use two weights(i.e. regular and bold)? Or will only
   these two weights be loaded onto my server?

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 *  Theme Author [David Vongries](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidvongries/)
 * (@davidvongries)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-fonts-44/#post-10865514)
 * Hi [@stevert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevert/),
 * thanks for reaching out! 🙂
 * The entire font-family is being downloaded to your server & served on the front-
   end.
 * Here’s why:
 * Let’s say you’ve chosen Font XY with font-weight regular (400) – making a certain
   string bold or italic in the wysiwyg editor/Gutenberg may cause issues on machine
   where the font isn’t installed.
 * Hope that helps!
 * Best,
    David
 *  Thread Starter [stevert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevert/)
 * (@stevert)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-fonts-44/#post-10866637)
 * Hi,
    thanks for you reply. Well since I only use the regular and bold(700) font
   weight I don’t need all other weights or italic…so it’s a big load for the server
   to host all weights.
 *  Theme Author [David Vongries](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidvongries/)
 * (@davidvongries)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-fonts-44/#post-10866800)
 * Hi [@stevert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevert/),
 * I was wrong stating all fonts would be loaded.
 * Only the fonts that are being used on the front-end are actually being loaded.
 * I ran a test at [https://performance.wp-pagebuilderframework.com/](https://performance.wp-pagebuilderframework.com/)
   loading Open Sans from Google & hosting them locally.
 * Here are the results.
 * [https://wp-pagebuilderframework.com/wp-content/uploads/self-hosted-vs-google-fonts-comparison.jpg](https://wp-pagebuilderframework.com/wp-content/uploads/self-hosted-vs-google-fonts-comparison.jpg)
 * Not saying fonts should be hosted locally in general, Google is actually pretty
   fast and serves the fonts through a CDN.
 * Personally, we host Google fonts locally to comply with GDPR or if there are 
   no more than 2-3 fonts to load.
 *  Thread Starter [stevert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevert/)
 * (@stevert)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-fonts-44/#post-10866878)
 * Interesting! I have always found it faster to load from Google, but of course
   with the GPDR it’s a bit risky.
 * Thank you for the help!

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-fonts-44/#post-10866878)
 * Status: resolved