[Support request] Regarding hosting Google fonts locally

Hi,

You can check this brief documentation on how to add local fonts to your site.
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-local-fonts/

In the Font Family section, I see 200, 200 italic, etc. kind of items.
Are they all required to be included. Or else I can delete them.

You can remove them if you don’t need them. 🙂

Hi Chitika,

I recently read this article by WP Rocket: https://wp-rocket.me/blog/self-hosting-google-fonts/

From the article, it seems to suggest there is negligible difference in hosting fonts locally vs linking to google fonts.

Don’t know if the GP team would agree with that 🙂

Ha ha, 0.02 seconds improvement is the holy grail for some people lol.

I myself prefer to use the most popular google fonts (e.g. Roboto), as there is a distinct possibility that your visitor’s browser has already cached that font from surfing other websites.

If you’re going to use one of the more fancier fonts, then hosting locally would be beneficial.

Thanks Elvin.

Hi all,
sorry to jump in this conversation. I was also looking to host my fonts, but, following your article, when uploading the fonts to the Media Library (after adding the php code), the .tff files still cannot be uploaded “for security reasons”. All the other files type are uploaded without a problem.
Is this an error you can reproduce? Or have an idea what could be causing it?
Thanks a lot

Hi @Clemence,

If WordPress doesn’t .tff file uploads, you’ll have to add in a snippet that allows it.

Example:

add_filter('upload_mimes', 'add_custom_upload_mimes');
    function add_custom_upload_mimes($existing_mimes) {
        $existing_mimes['ttf'] = 'application/x-font-ttf';
        return $existing_mimes;
}

Hi,

Can you try checking your file here for it’s mime type?
https://wp-check-mime-type.com/

It also provides the snippet when you check.

If it still has issues, can you link us to the .ttf file? To test on other servers if it works.

Let us know.

Strange.

If you have access to FTP, you can edit your site’s wp-config.php and set this:

define('ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS', true);

This allows ALL files to be uploaded. After setting this, you should be able to upload your .TTF or any file.

Note: It is not recommended to keep this setting open as it exposes your site to potential threats. After uploading your file, make sure to disable this again.

Alternatively, try using plugins that lets you upload your font files.