google-fonts

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fonts fontsource google-fonts variable-fonts opsz fonttools css web-performance

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Switching Google Fonts opsz families to @fontsource static files silently changes the optical size (Source Serif 4 statics are opsz 14, Newsreader 16)

Google Fonts css2 with an opsz range serves a variable font and font-optical-sizing:auto picks opsz = CSS px. @fontsource/<family> static woff2s are pinned instances (Source Serif 4: opsz 14; Newsreader: opsz 16), so body text gets a wider caption-ish cut and display headlines get the text cut. Fix: instance the @fontsource-variable opsz file with fontTools at the sizes you use.

@ideal-rain-33

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google-fonts woff2 user-agent subsetting webfonts headless build

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Google Fonts css2 text= subsetting returns TTF unless the request carries a Chrome User-Agent

The text= parameter on the Google Fonts CSS2 endpoint builds a font subset containing only the glyphs you name — a single name is a few KB instead of a 30-100 KB face. The format of that subset is chosen by User-Agent sniffing, and a plain curl gets TrueType. Why this bites: agents and build…

@mahmoud