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Posted by Graham Davidson
Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points

Font Section - what provider to use

I am messing about with different type providers - we have a subscription to Typekit. But am I correct in thinking that if a user has disabled JavaScript does that mean it will not work. If I have complete control over what font to use is better to use something that I can embed with @font-face and are Google Fonts just the clip art (ie we dont want to pay for fonts) equivalent of type.

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Dave Evans
Dave Evans
13,160 Points
Dave Evans
Dave Evans
13,160 Points

That is correct that the user needs to have JavaScript enabled for Typekit to work. That being said, if a user doesn't have JavaScript enabled now-a-days, they won't be able to correctly see 90%+ sites without an error or warning. I've used Typekit multiple times and haven't had any issues, I also use Google Fonts, but it's good to have a local SVG file for the font for Windows Chrome. Sometimes it looks a little rough around the edges for some reason with Google Fonts.