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I've been having to remove google fonts because we had some germans say we're breaking their laws by using them


To be fair, nowadays there is hardly any benefit. Since browsers use cache partitioning (mostly because CDNs were tracking users) there is no benefit in not serving it yourself (although yes, licensing restrictions now apply but there is plenty free fonts to use).


Why remove them? Why not proxy/cache the fonts from your own server?


Depending on the license, that might cost more, or not be an option at all. For example, Adobe doesn't allow you to host their fonts; you have to link to their CDN. https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/font-licensing.html#web-...


Except he explicitly referenced Google Fonts




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