Support multiple scripts (like Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek for example). Some of the fonts in the Google Font Directory Pass the desired value in the querystring display parameter: Than the default auto is usually appropriate. To find out which styles and weights are available for a given font, see theįor each style you request, you can give either the full name or anĪbbreviation for weights, you can alternatively specify a numerical weight: Styleīold or b or a numerical weight such as 700įor example, to request Cantarell italic and Droid Serif bold, you could use anyĬontrol what happens while the font is unavailable.

The font, followed by a list of styles or weights separated by commas ( ,). To request other styles or weights, append a colon ( :) to the name of The Google Fonts API provides the regular version of the requested fonts byĭefault. Lot of fonts may make your pages slow to load.) (But don't go overboard most pages don't need very many fonts, and requesting a Requesting multiple fonts allows you to use all of those fonts in your page. To request multiple font families, separate the names with a pipe character Note: Replace any spaces in the font family name with plus signs ( +). Then, add the family= URL parameter, with one or more font family names and To determine what URL to use in your stylesheet link, start with the Google Specifying font families and styles in a stylesheet URL So the browser can fall back to its default fonts if need be.įor a list of fonts you can use, see Google Fonts. In particular,Īdd a CSS generic font name like serif or sans-serif to the end of the list, Note: When specifying a web font in a CSS style, always list at least oneįallback web-safe font in order to avoid unexpected behaviors. Or with an inline style on the element itself: Style an element with the requested web font, either in a stylesheet: You can start using the Google Fonts API in just two steps:Īdd a stylesheet link to request the desired web font(s): And that's only the beginning of what you can do with the Fonts API and CSS.

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