Google Fonts & Site Speed
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Hello,
Does the use of one google font slow down a website enough to effect load speed and thus rankings?
Here's the ones we're choosing from:
How do we know if the one we choose is too slow?
Thank you.
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The font you choose for the website will only display if the user has that font on his/her computer. If they do not, the web browser will default to another font. In almost all cases you should use one of the Generic fonts listed in the link below. Website speed will not be affected.
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I am not a web developer, but in my experience with using these, I only noticed a speed decrease when I had a large number of fonts referenced. You probably will notice a slight difference with 4 or more. I would install the fonts you want, and then use a tool like tools.pingdom.com to test the speed of your site and see which one looks best. Be sure to use the tool without any fonts so you can compare loading times.
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