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Google Font API

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The Google Font API is a robust and user-friendly web service that provides access to an extensive library of open-source font files, revolutionizing typography on the web. It allows developers and designers to easily incorporate a wide variety of high-quality fonts into their web designs without worrying about licensing issues or font file hosting. The API dynamically serves font files optimized for different browsers and devices, ensuring fast loading times and cross-platform compatibility. It offers an intuitive interface for browsing and selecting fonts, with options to customize font weights and styles. The service also provides performance benefits through its global content delivery network, reducing latency and improving page load speeds. With regular updates and additions to its font library, Google Font API continues to be a go-to resource for web typography.

Google Font API belongs toFont scriptscategory.

615websites

use it — 24.1% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#1of 11

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 20)

129public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

Used on 24.1% of the websites we scan.

29.76% of all websites we track run Google Font API▼ 0.01 points since 20 Sep

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How Google Font API sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

50PerformanceLowaverage site: 5089AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8982Best practicesGoodaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about 16% slower than the average site

Google Font API sites
5.0 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most Google Font API sites load in 3.7–8.2 s. Home page weight: 3.6 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 122 public sites measured.

Where are they hosted?

Mostly Cloudflare and Amazon Web Services

  • Cloudflare39%
  • Amazon Web Services27%
  • Fastly3%
  • Framer B.V3%
  • Other28%
United States 59%Canada 18%Netherlands 4%

Who uses it?

Software as a Service (SaaS) sites use Google Font API 1.7× more than average

Technology and Software57%
Business Services12%
Software as a Service (SaaS)1.7× avg10%
E-commerce5%

Share of 129 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Browser-security check

28% of graded sites pass

11of 40 score B or better

Rates each site’s own security settings, not Google Font API. 40 public sites graded so far.

How Google Font API sites are built

Stacks we see most. Tools that tend to run together with Google Font API on the same websites. The percentage is the share of all 615 Google Font API sites that run the whole stack.

12 stacks · swipe, drag or use the arrows
#1

Google Font API + jsDelivr + Google Hosted Libraries + Webflow

4.9%30 of 615 sites
#2

Google Font API + Funding Choices + Google Sign-in

5%31 of 615 sites
#3

Google Font API + WordPress + Yoast SEO + Elementor

3.7%23 of 615 sites
#4

Google Font API + jsDelivr + Bootstrap + cdnjs

3.6%22 of 615 sites
#5

Google Font API + WordPress + jsDelivr

4.1%25 of 615 sites
#6

Google Font API + WordPress + Contact Form 7 + Site Kit

2.9%18 of 615 sites
#7

Google Font API + WordPress + GSAP

3.1%19 of 615 sites
#8

Google Font API + jsDelivr + Unpkg

3.1%19 of 615 sites
#9

Google Font API + cdnjs + jQuery CDN

2.9%18 of 615 sites
#10

Google Font API + Google Hosted Libraries + Unpkg

2.9%18 of 615 sites
#11

Google Font API + cdnjs + GSAP

2.4%15 of 615 sites
#12

Google Font API + Funding Choices + cdnjs

2.1%13 of 615 sites

Usually installed alongside

The bigger the bubble, the more of the 615 Google Font API sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.

Google Analytics77%Facebook Pixel27%Linkedin Insight Tag19%Google Tag Manager73%Funding Choices20%OneTrust12%Yoast SEO15%HubSpot14%Microsoft Advertising13%Cart Functionality11%
AnalyticsTag managerCookie consentSearch visibilityMarketingAdvertisingOnline store

Similar tools in its category

Font scripts: 20 tools known, 11 seen in our scans

Adobe Fonts29 sitesAlternativeLucide20 sitesAlternativeBunny Fonts6 sitesAlternativeMyFonts2 sitesAlternativeIonicons1 sitesAlternativeHoefler&Co1 sitesAlternativeGlyphicons0 sitesAlternativeCustom Fonts0 sitesAlternativeFont Awesome235 sitesUsed togetherTwitter Emoji (Twemoji)104 sitesUsed togetherTypekit (Adobe Fonts)80 sitesUsed togetherBootstrap Icons12 sitesUsed together

How websites combine Google Font API with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Complements another tool 38Integrates with another 15Overlaps with another 4Needs another tool 2Built on a platform 1

Questions about Google Font API

How many websites use Google Font API?
We found Google Font API on 615 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (24.1%). 129 of them have a public status page.
What is Google Font API often used with?
Among the websites we scan, Google Font API is often found alongside Google Analytics (77.2% of its sites), Google Tag Manager (73.3% of its sites), PHP (40.2% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to Google Font API?
Other font scripts tools we recognize include Font Awesome, Twitter Emoji (Twemoji), Typekit (Adobe Fonts), Adobe Fonts.

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