Cómo añadir Google Web Fonts en temas de WordPress de la manera “correcta

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1. Syed Balkhi says

   Abr 26, 2024 en 2:24 pm

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2. Armando says

   Jul 9, 2020 en 5:35 pm

   I noticed that this video/instructions are dated 2015 and the screenshots, etc. are different. When I tried to embed the Google Fonts code in my header.php file as shown, it threw an error. So I’m thinking maybe this tutorial needs to be updated? Not sure, but… Thanks.

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   • WPBeginner Support says

     Jul 10, 2020 en 9:01 am

     Thank you for your feedback, we’ll be sure to take a look into updating this article when able.

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3. Wout says

   Nov 11, 2019 en 5:38 am

   Thanks for the article! Please replace http: in fonts.googleapis.com/css… with https: in the function to enqueue Google Fonts to enable an encrypted link to googleapis.com…

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   • WPBeginner Support says

     Nov 11, 2019 en 10:08 am

     Thanks for pointing this out, we will be sure to update the links as soon as we are able

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4. Sofia says

   Ago 19, 2017 en 5:18 am

   I’m pretty sure it’s 2017 why we even have to learn all this :”((

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5. charles says

   Ago 10, 2017 en 3:55 am

   Is this still the right way to do it?

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6. Renee says

   Jul 19, 2016 en 3:41 pm

   I got the font to show up but can’t figure out how to get it bold.
   Here’s an example of what i did in the css

   font-family:”Open Sans”, sans-serif;
   font-weight:bold;

   in the link i added to my header.php i added this:

   i tried subbing 700 for bold but no luck…
   any ideas?

   thanks in advance

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   • Isaac Anderson says

     Abr 13, 2017 en 11:16 pm

     Make sure you check your desired font-weights on Google fonts after selecting them in the “customize” tab.

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7. Louis says

   Jun 17, 2016 en 1:37 pm

   Works perfect! Thx.

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8. josh says

   Jun 13, 2016 en 2:28 am

   Huh? Wtf does any of this mean? How do I make it so that I can just add a google font in my post or page?

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9. Shubham Kumar says

   Mar 28, 2016 en 8:05 am

   What do you think about importing Google web Fonts using JavaScript asynchronously as mentioned over here :

   Thanks
   Shubham

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10. Jordan says

    Mar 22, 2016 en 8:20 pm

    One quick question – I looked up the code reference for wp_enqueue_style(). Its first argument is a string that denotes the name of the stylesheet. In your example, you use ‘wpb-google-fonts’ for the first argument. How can I tell what to put here for my site?

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11. pete rome says

    Dic 25, 2015 en 11:04 pm

    where do I paste stuff in the header exactly? always see that but people never explain exactly where it is.

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12. Carla DeLauder says

    Nov 1, 2015 en 10:49 pm

    What does ‘false’ do in this function? Other enqueued functions don’t include it.

    Thank you.

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    • Kev says

      Dic 3, 2015 en 3:04 pm

      that’s the argument for header or footer. Since best practice is to put [almost] all scripts in the header it defaults to ‘true’ => footer, whereas ‘false’ would mean the NOT in the footer, but in the header instead.

      Unfortunately, font scripts stop everything else from loading, so putting them in the header sucks a litlte bit, which is why this article talks about making sure you’re only including the fonts you’ll actually use. On the flip side, putting them in the footer can cause default fonts like arial to load momentarily on your screen during painting until the webfont gets loaded. It’s a horrible caveat, but it is what it is.

      A practice I’m working into my workflow is to conditionally load fonts based on their usage in the site. For example, maybe “bold” is only used in h2’s and h3’s in blog post templates (single.php), then I’ll write a conditional enqueue for the bold script to only be enqueued when on single.php template.

      Hope that helps.

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      • Kev says

        Dic 3, 2015 en 3:10 pm

        Also, to note.

        By “bold” above, I meant a specific bold version of a font family. <= just a head's up.

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13. Kenneth John Odle says

    Jul 26, 2015 en 8:35 pm

    As of WordPress 3.3, wp_print_styles is deprecated.

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    • Bram says

      Ago 26, 2015 en 7:13 am

      Yeah, you should update this article.

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      • WPBeginner Support says

        Sep 6, 2015 en 1:44 pm

        Updated.

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Sep 4, 2015 en 8:51 pm

      We have updated the article, it now shows how to add Google fonts using the proper wp_enqueue_style function and wp_enqueue_scripts action hook.

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      • isak says

        Ene 6, 2016 en 9:25 pm

        How do you enque two font families via functions.php?

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14. April says

    Jul 4, 2015 en 3:00 am

    I’m using the Punch Fonts plugin to add google fonts but I am not sure how to just get only heading 1 for the desired font. I don’t need this font for headings 2-6 so I only want to use the google font for heading one. How do I write that in the parameter?

    Currently I’m using: Oleo+Script+Swash+Caps:400

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15. Melissa says

    May 11, 2015 en 10:25 pm

    Well, if anyone is stuck, there is also this plugin called Easy Google Fonts. Very helpful.

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16. Melissa says

    May 11, 2015 en 3:34 pm

    Hello,

    I have tried all three methods but neither of them took effect completely. It seems that it only applies to certain elements and not to others that I specified with that font in the style sheet

    When I use the Element Inspector for the element where my Google Font is not applied, this is what I see:
    #site-title {
    font-family: \’Questrial\’, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

    What do these mean \\ around my font? I mean, it looks like it is indicating an error but I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong? What could it be? Some code overriding mine, with higher priority? but where? how? Arghhhh it’s driving me nuts

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17. Ali Sajjad says

    Mar 18, 2015 en 11:30 am

    Dear Editorial, i want to add all google web fonts in this site, and then want to use in my means,

    but i dont want to use too many links in header file. any other way?

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Mar 18, 2015 en 7:22 pm

      Only add the fonts that you want to use.

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18. Anurag says

    May 20, 2014 en 11:44 pm

    So, I have got a blog ( http://www.goingtechy.com/ ). The problem I am having is that I want to optimize css delivery of the Google font that my site uses already. So, the site already have Google fonts. How can I optimize it?

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19. Samantha says

    May 8, 2014 en 1:52 pm

    Thank you so much for this post! For someone who has no formal html/css training, I was impressed with the simplicity of this post.

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20. Tanisha says

    Mar 18, 2014 en 3:06 pm

    So easy and go it to work perfectly. Thanks for this.

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21. Greg says

    Mar 13, 2014 en 11:36 am

    Hi there,

    Using Genesis and the Parallax Pro theme…
    But a newb to things like php etc

    I added this code to the fuctions.php file as you insctructed:
    add_action( ‘genesis_meta’, ‘wpb_add_google_fonts’, 5);

    function wpb_add_google_fonts() {
    echo ”;
    }

    The headers that use the font above remain unchanged.

    Questions:
    1. Am I right in assuming that the code above is the only thing that I add?
    2. Where exactly should the code be added – at the beginning or end of fuctions.php?
    2. Is there anything missing from the code?
    3. Should I be adding something to the style.css file?

    Appreciate your help
    Regards
    Greg

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Mar 14, 2014 en 11:38 am

      Greg, seems alright to us. We think WordPress probably omitted the part from your code where you echoed font link. Yes you will need to use CSS to set style rules for selectors where you want to use your Google font.

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22. Tony Porto says

    Ene 10, 2014 en 7:18 pm

    None of the above is good enough, we all know “wp_enqueue_style( ‘google-font’)” is the “technically correct way to call a script, but in this case your <header will end up like this;

    FONT 1:
    FONT 2:
    FONT 3:
    FONT 4:

    No Good, it needs to be like this:
    

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23. Akmal says

    Dic 21, 2013 en 11:54 am

    Where should i paste the above code? I could not find the last line of code anywhere in my header.php file? Can you please tell me step-wise?
    Thanks.

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Dic 21, 2013 en 2:22 pm

      In your header.php file you will find </head> you can paste this code any where before this tag.

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24. Sarah says

    Nov 25, 2013 en 8:18 pm

    Tried re-typing the following, and still nothing is changing;

    /* Import Fonts
    ———————————————————— */

    add_action( ‘genesis_meta’, ‘wpb_add_google_fonts’, 5);

    function wpb_add_google_fonts () {
    echo ‘’;
    }

    /* Defaults

    It worked the first time. I’m so confused!
    Thanks for your help.

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25. Sarah says

    Nov 21, 2013 en 6:26 pm

    Hi,

    I was so proud of myself for copying the code and changing the font which, I found too large for my site. When I tried to change it to something else, I must have mixed something up, and only one font style continues to show, even when I play about with the codes. Feeling like a dunce now – I don’t talk tech. Can anyone help me? I’ve done it with and without the numbers in case they’re not actually part of it. Thanks. This is the latest that I entered…..

    /* Import Fonts
    ———————————————————— */

    1 add_action( ‘genesis_meta’, ‘wpb_add_google_fonts’, 5);
    2
    3 function wpb_add_google_fonts() {
    4 echo ”;
    5 }

    /* Defaults
    ———————————————————— */

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Nov 22, 2013 en 10:51 am

      we hope you did not enter the numbers with the code Or did you?

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      • Sarah says

        Nov 22, 2013 en 11:50 pm

        No numbers, but I am missing something this time around. This is exactly what I have in my table;

        add_action( ‘genesis_meta’, ‘wpb_add_google_fonts’, 5);

        function wpb_add_google_fonts() {
        echo ”;
        }

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      • Sarah says

        Nov 28, 2013 en 11:14 am

        It seems the code worked…..on one computer. It hasn’t taken on two others that I use.
        Can you please suggest why that might be the case?

        Thanks so much

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26. Karissa Skirmont says

    Nov 10, 2013 en 2:37 pm

    How can you use multiple Google Fonts in the functions.php ?

    I had this:

    //* Enqueue Google fonts
    add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'executive_google_fonts' );
    function executive_google_fonts() {
    	wp_enqueue_style( 'google-font', '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700', array(), CHILD_THEME_VERSION );
    	wp_enqueue_style( 'google-font', '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Dancing+Script:400italic,700italic,400,700', array(), CHILD_THEME_VERSION );
    }
    
    

    But the Dancing Script wasn’t showing up font on my second computer or iPhone or tablet.
    I removed the Open Sans and it started working.

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Nov 10, 2013 en 4:30 pm

      @Karissa, the first argument in wp_enqueue_style function is the handle for the style script you are loading. Try this code instead:

      //* Enqueue Google fonts
      add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'executive_google_fonts' );
      function executive_google_fonts() {
      	wp_enqueue_style( 'google-font', '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700', array(), 20131111 );
      	wp_enqueue_style( 'google-font-2', '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Dancing+Script:400italic,700italic,400,700', array(), 20131111 );
      }
      

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      • Karissa Skirmont says

        Nov 10, 2013 en 5:03 pm

        Nevermind, I figured out that I needed to use a link like this:

        ‘//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Euphoria+Script|Rouge+Script|Montez|Federo|Great+Vibes|Clicker+Script|Dancing+Script:400,700|Satisfy|Ruthie|Rochester|Open+Sans|Open+Sans+Condensed:300’

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      • Karissa Skirmont says

        Nov 10, 2013 en 5:33 pm

        Ahh I see, I replied above before refreshing the page and seeing your reply.

        By using the link Google gives when you have multiple fonts selected, it produces it like that and you can more easily try out different fonts live on site.

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27. Chaitanya says

    Nov 6, 2013 en 11:41 pm

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28. Jenny says

    Oct 6, 2013 en 2:55 pm

    Meh, I like using the import. Less work for me ‘cause I’m lazy~

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    • pete rome says

      Dic 25, 2015 en 11:06 pm

      yeah way too much work on each method here and there shouldn’t be a need to add anything to the style sheet find a plugin

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29. Jimmy Reynolds says

    Sep 5, 2013 en 11:05 am

    A you mean the nerd way

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30. mzilverberg says

    May 25, 2013 en 11:36 am

    Something I missed here were the conditional comments to make Google’s webfonts work in IE8 and below if you request more than one font weight. For example:

    <link href=”http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cabin:400,700″ rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” />

    That’s why I created a function for loading fonts: https://github.com/mzilverberg/LoadGoogleWebfonts

    My script also places the appropriate fallback urls within a conditional comment.
    With a few lines of code you could also make this work in functions.php in your WordPress theme.

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31. Greg says

    Abr 30, 2013 en 3:07 pm

    What about adding Google Fonts to the admin side?

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    • Editorial Staff says

      May 9, 2013 en 11:06 am

      Why would you want to add Google Fonts to the admin side?

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      • Bruce Smith says

        May 23, 2013 en 6:09 pm

        To maintain WYSIWYG in the admin content editor. So that I see the same font face in the admin editor as on my web site.

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        • Dan Merhar says

          May 30, 2013 en 3:31 pm

          I was actually wondering how to do the same thing (and this is the first result that popped up on Google).

          I know plug-ins exist to add Google Webfonts functionality to the WYSIWYG editor, but they bog it down like crazy. I’m going to look into it further and see if there’s an easy way to add a font or two.

32. Marleen says

    Dic 30, 2012 en 7:16 am

    Thanx a lot for sharing, I’m really happy with this. I’m a Genesis user and started using @import because it’s alraedy being done in the stylesheet. Feel much better about this solution.
    Happy 2013!

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33. jeff says

    Dic 6, 2012 en 4:29 pm

    In your code do I replace “YOUR THEME STYLESHEET” with something??
    mine is STYLE.CSS, or does it need to be a URL ??
    thanks,
    Jeff

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Dic 6, 2012 en 8:20 pm

      Yes, you need to insert your theme’s style.css path there.

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34. Charles says

    Oct 16, 2012 en 10:06 pm

    This is what I use…..

    Add this to your theme’s functions.php file:

    /*----------------------------------*/
    /* Load CSS Files
    /*----------------------------------*/	
    	if(!function_exists('load_theme_styles'))
    	{
    		function load_theme_styles()
    		{		
    			if (!is_admin()) {
    				
    				$cssURL = get_template_directory_uri().'/css/';
    				$fontURL = 'http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lora|Oswald';
    				
    				// Registering New Styles	
    				wp_register_style('googleFont', $fontURL);					
    				wp_register_style('style', $cssURL.'/style.css', 'googleFont', '1.0', 'screen');
    				wp_register_style('print', $cssURL.'/print.css', 'googleFont', '1.0', 'print');
    				
    				// Enqueing Styles
    				wp_enqueue_style('googleFont');	
    				wp_enqueue_style('style');
    				wp_enqueue_style('print');			
    				
    			}
    		}
    	}
    	add_action('wp_enqueue_style', 'load_theme_styles');
    

    What do you think about this?

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    • Chris Reynolds says

      Jul 20, 2013 en 8:46 am

      This is the CORRECT way to add Google fonts. Always use wp_register_style/wp_enqueue_style

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35. David says

    Oct 10, 2012 en 7:44 pm

    Better still add a conditional comment to serve the fonts separately for IE 7 and 8:

    From here:
    http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/07/11/avoiding-faux-weights-styles-google-web-fonts/

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36. Bryan Nickson says

    Sep 12, 2012 en 12:16 pm

    Nice tuts. I had wanted something like this..Kudos!!

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37. Peter says

    Ago 11, 2012 en 3:25 am

    What about the JS option, is that a faster option Or the one is the better?. Thanks

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Ago 11, 2012 en 7:11 am

      The method in this one is by far the most recommended one.

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      • QLStudio says

        Oct 19, 2012 en 2:38 pm

        In your answer you don’t enqueue the css – is that really the best way to add it?

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38. Chris says

    Jul 23, 2012 en 4:18 pm

    Great article! I think it would be pretty cool if wordpress, by default, had Google Fonts included into it, but this seems easy enough. Thanks for explaining!

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jul 24, 2012 en 8:37 am

      Google Fonts are great, but not everyone uses it (considering the amount of folks who use WordPress). WordPress has a 95% rule. If the feature would not satisfy 95% of the audience, then it is usually falls in the plugins category. However, sometimes exceptions are made. We can assure you that the Core WP team, will not make this into an exception though

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39. Aaron Crow says

    Jul 20, 2012 en 8:22 pm

    You rock man! Just what I was looking for! Thanks for putting up this post… I searched forever trying to find something about adding this to my theme. Glad I stumbled across your page.

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40. Anderson Curry says

    Jun 29, 2012 en 1:33 pm

    Great post and even if their is a plug-in to do this, it’s always better to learn the non – plugin way also.

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41. Brad says

    Jun 27, 2012 en 10:51 am

    So obviously you dont accept using the several Google font plugins. I am going to have to revisit my css files in that case.

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42. sadhu says

    Jun 27, 2012 en 10:40 am

    i dont understand the second part which is adding font to the genesis add action thing.. is that another method to add in google web font?

    and i know we dont have to incld all styles of the font, but the recommended method, which is http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lora|Oswald

    just for instance, what if i only want bold style for lora and light style for oswald, then how to combine the font styles?

    thanks

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jun 27, 2012 en 11:04 am

      The second part is for Genesis Users ONLY. If you are not using the Genesis Theme Framework, then you don’t need that part. To combine styles like you want, here is how you do it:

      http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:300|Lora:700

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      • Anton says

        Mar 7, 2013 en 5:29 pm

        What should I do if I want to use @font-face in Genesis Framework like you showed here with the Google Webfonts, are there any solution for that.
        I’ve been searching all day since my fonts loads incredibly slow!
        Cheers

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43. Gautam Doddamani says

    Jun 27, 2012 en 10:24 am

    great tutorial…i actually use the wp google fonts plugin…would you recommend that plugin or doing the manual way as described above..which is efficient performance wise?

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jun 27, 2012 en 11:00 am

      Haven’t tried that plugin. But we almost try to avoid plugins of that sort because it can be done easier with theme files.

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      • Gautam Doddamani says

        Jun 28, 2012 en 12:51 am

        sweet…thanks will edit my theme instead of using a plugin

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        • Pippin says

          Oct 20, 2012 en 6:16 pm

          Avoiding the google fonts plugin because it is a plugin is not a good reason at all. Using the plugin actually provides you with much more flexibility than including it in your theme, especially if you ever choose to change themes.

        • Editorial Staff says

          Oct 21, 2012 en 8:40 am

          As far as I’m concerned, fonts in most cases are considered stylistic elements thus theme based, and they usually change when you switch to a different theme.

44. Siddanth Adiga says

    Jun 27, 2012 en 8:38 am

    Superb post I was looking for this only i was trying my hands with css and fontface .I ll try this one too thanks

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45. Konstantin Kovshenin says

    Jun 27, 2012 en 5:49 am

    The “Right” way would be to use the wp_enqueue_style function Here’s some more thoughts: http://kovshenin.com/2012/on-wordpress-theme-frameworks/

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jun 27, 2012 en 6:36 am

      Konstantin, I totally agree with you. wp_enqueue_style function should always be used. That is what I tried doing first as suggested by Nathan Rice, in StudioPress’s article about Google Fonts. Except Google clearly states, that the font styles should be loaded before anything else. Using wp_enqueue_style and then printing them using wp_print_styles, this was printing the item after the main stylesheet was already loaded. That was the reason why I had to hook into genesis_meta() hook. Anyways, totally agree with your thoughts on your article.

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      • Japh says

        Sep 24, 2012 en 5:05 am

        I’m a little late to this, but I wanted to mention that you could still use wp_enqueue_style, just set the priority higher so that they are loaded first

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    • Bob R says

      Jun 27, 2012 en 9:01 am

      Great tutorial. One observation though: first image in the article was meant to show the @import tab, wasn’t it?

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      • Editorial Staff says

        Jun 27, 2012 en 10:58 am

        No it wasn’t suppose to show that.

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