Still in beta but available now from Google’s Labs, the Google Font API and the Google Font Directory give you the tools you need to style HTML text with 18 typefaces. To apply one of these fonts to text, you add a stylesheet link to your web page, then use the font in a CSS style. The fonts remain on Google servers.
Because the fonts are open source, they’re free to use in any website, from .com to .org.
For directions, visit the Google Font API. To learn more about he fonts, check out the Google Font Directory.
Here’s a peek at the 18 typefaces, some of which contain variants:
This article was last modified on December 14, 2022
This article was first published on May 21, 2010
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