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Removing or replacing Google Fonts

By Rangun, 7 years ago. Last reply by Andrew Misplon, 7 years ago.
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Because of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union I wonder if it’s possible not to use Google Fonts? How can they be removed of replaced by locally stored fonts? Is there an easy way to do so in SiteOrigin PageBuilder and the SiteOrigin Themes (e.g. Vantage, Unwind)?

Thanks!

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  1. 7 years, 2 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Quick word here:
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16263719

    Looong discussion here:
    https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1495

    FAQ:
    https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq#what_does_using_the_google_fonts_api_mean_for_the_privacy_of_my_users

  2. 7 years, 2 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    So without diving into this very unclear discussion further, you can switch all your fonts to regular websafe fonts from the Customizer. Go to CustomizerTheme Settings, locate the Typography section for that theme and select Arial or Helvetica Neue.

  3. 7 years, 2 months ago Rangun

    Thanks for the quick replies, Andrew! I tend to keep the Google Fonts where they are. ;)

    That brings another question to my mind… what if I like to use a font with your theme Vantage that is not available via Google Fonts?

  4. 7 years, 2 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    For sure.

    There isn’t any easy way to get a new font into theme settings. You’d be in a custom development situation. If it’s hosted with say TypeKit then you can use a function in a child theme functions.php file or use Code Snippets plugin to insert the script. The CSS side would be the same, either handled in a child theme or Custom CSS/Additional CSS. If the font wasn’t hosted then you’d insert the files into your child theme folder.

  5. 7 years, 2 months ago Rangun

    Thanks a lot, I’ll create a child theme. :)

  6. 7 years, 2 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Sounds good :)

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