Post #750139
2026-03-23 03:54 UTC
I am not a web designer. I was, at one point, a pretty good web admin. I know mostly server back end stuff from before things like NodeJS took off. I know some PHP and CSS and I am very comfortable with a WHM Cpanel server.
I say all of this to say, when I make websites I use templates. (Usually free, some paid) and I have recently started going to all of the sites I own and manage and working to ensure they don't have google fonts. This is just another way google is tracking who is doing what when they have no business doing so.
so I implore you web people of the world, DITCH THE GOOGLE FONTS!
#degoogle #privacy #fonts #webdesign
Replies (6)
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@chris@socialbc.ca 2026-03-23 03:58
@ahasty same generation. same skillset. Good advice. Thanks!
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@geolaw@aus.social 2026-03-23 04:12
@ahasty OK I'll bite. How do you track a font? The concept is bizzare
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@hbons@mastodon.social 2026-03-23 07:23
@ahasty luckily there’s the option of downloading and hosting the fonts yourself. this way you can also control the styles and weights and will reduce load times too.
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@csalem@mastodon.social 2026-03-23 08:12
@ahasty I recommend bunny fonts if you need an external hosted font.
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@portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza 2026-03-23 09:24
@ahasty a side note: You can either locally host the fonts or replace the font server with https://fonts.bunny.net
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@mWare@ottawa.place 2026-03-23 13:47
@ahasty and jquery, and urchin/analytics, and YouTube embeds, and ads, and Share links……..