What are normal fonts called?

What are normal fonts called?

The regular or standard font is sometimes labeled roman, both to distinguish it from bold or thin and from italic or oblique. The keyword for the default, regular case is often omitted for variants and never repeated, otherwise it would be Bulmer regular italic, Bulmer bold regular and even Bulmer regular regular.

How do I speed up Google fonts?

4 Tips To Faster Loading Google Fonts

  1. Load Google Fonts First Before CSS. Place the Google import code such that it loads first directly after the html HEAD tag, EVEN before loading the CSS file.
  2. Use Link Format.
  3. Fewer Fonts.
  4. Combine Your Font Codes.
  5. Conclusion.

Why is there an API for Google Fonts?

The Google Fonts API is designed to limit the collection, storage, and use of end-user data to only what is needed to serve fonts efficiently. Use of Google Fonts is unauthenticated. No cookies are sent by website visitors to the Google Fonts API.

Is the domain fonts.googleapis.com accessible?

If you are curious about this domain “fonts.googleapis.com”, open it in browser window. You will see a 404 not found error message since this is not an accessible domain as you may think. Then what is it?

How are Google Fonts optimized for web browser?

Google Fonts Are Already Optimized The Google Fonts API does more than just provide the font files to the browser, it also performs a smart check to see how it can deliver the files in the most optimized format. Let’s look at Roboto, GitHub tells us that the regular variant weighs 168kb. 168kb for a single font variant.

What is the default position of Google Fonts?

Google Fonts lists all the styles available for each font family. When a request doesn’t specify a position or range for an axis, the default position will be used. The default position of the italic axis is 0 (normal) and the default for the weight axis is 400 (regular).