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Add to SafariWhen comparing Google Web Fonts vs Typekit, the Slant community recommends Google Web Fonts for most people. In the question“What are the best web font embedding services?” Google Web Fonts is ranked 1st while Typekit is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Google Web Fonts is:
Served off of Google's servers.
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Pros
Pro Reliable
Served off of Google's servers.
Pro Easy-to-use interface
The Google Web Fonts interface is straight forward and quick to use, allowing you to choose specific fonts and weights then creates the link tag for you.
Pro Free to use
Google Web Fonts is completely free to use.
Pro Many high quality options
The fonts offered by Typekit are professional quality, with some fonts being exclusive to Typekit.
Pro New fonts are added regularly
The selection of fonts available on Typekit is constantly growing.
Cons
Con No asyncronous loading
The fonts.google.com suggest to use Typekit
Con Poor quality of some fonts
Many of the fonts provided by Google Web Fonts are of poor quality and design
Con Slows down performance
Typekit uses a script tag in the head of the document which increases the amount of time it takes a page to render.
