Google Fonts is awesome, but did you know you shouldn’t be using it in production?! Not in 2023! Not if you care about UX, SEO and conversions 😱
In this video we cover the drawbacks of using the Google CDN, and what to do instead 🚀
By the time we’re done, you’ll know enough to impress regarding performance, Core Web Vitals and self-hosting 🙌
Click around the deployed app: https://johnnify.com
See the code, open-source and FREE: https://github.com/jmagrippis/johnnify
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I've started a DISCORD SERVER for us 😱: / discord
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Highlighted software:
Fontsource: https://fontsource.org/
SvelteKit: https://kit.svelte.dev/
Tailwind: https://tailwindcss.com/
Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/
My own website: https://magrippis.com/
My older channel: @jmagrippis
No affiliations whatsoever: if I show something, you know you're hearing my unfiltered thoughts 😄
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Between the comment section, the socials, the Discord… let me know somewhere what you’d like me to cover next 🙌
🎶 “Days of the Running Man” by Droid Bishop for the background music 🎶
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0:00 - Google Fonts is AWESOME!.. But there’s a cost
1:05 - Hassle-free, framework-agnostic: Fontsource
2:55 - Setup with ⛵️ Tailwind
4:09 - But what’s wrong with the Google CDN?!
4:29 - SEO and Core Web Vitals Costs & Benefits
6:05 - Google tracks and profiles you?!
7:23 - Is self-hosting a silver bullet?! + LIKE 🧡 SUBSCRIBE
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