“Self-hosted” fonts from @myfonts are a blatant lie. Saves them bandwidth but keeps you dependent upon their uptime. Never again.
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@jasonhuck I'm clueless about web fonts. Does the font phone home?
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@bilcorry Not to my knowledge, but you're required to ping their server, and the provided means can cause problems if you can't reach them.
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Replying to @jasonhuck
@jasonhuck is the browser pinging them or the backend?

Nov 26, 2014 · 3:57 AM UTC

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Replying to @bilcorry
@bilcorry If you use their provided code, it’s either done via js or a css import. We’re changing it to an async js ping.
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@jasonhuck In the EU, you'd have to disclose the data sharing, which seems odd for a font.