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Add to SafariWhen comparing Google Web Fonts vs Edge Web fonts, 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 Edge Web fonts is ranked 4th. 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 Free
Edge Web Fonts is a completely free service from Adobe.
Pro Fast and easy to use
Edge Web Fonts makes the process of adding their fonts simple. Similar to Google Web Fonts, after selecting the font it's just a matter of including the provided tag in the document.
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 Not ideal for optimization
Just like Typekit, Edge web Fonts requires a script tag be included in the head of the document which increases the time it takes for a page to load.
