Google Font API Basics

If you are looking for something that could increase the number of permanent visitors to your website then here is the thing which can prove best for you. The foremost important thing for this purpose is that it is important to make the WebPages attractive and interesting, because attractive pages grab more attention by the regular visitors. The best help can be done by the Google Font API, which is helpful in adding fonts to the webpage.

Google Font API can be defined as a web-based service which sustains high quality open-source font files that can be easily utilised on web designs. The good news is that you do not need to be an expert website developer to make use of Google Font API. All you have to do is to include a style-sheet link in webpage and then start using fonts in the CSS right away.

The basic format for incorporating any font on website is:
<link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?familly=FontName:italic,bold” />

If you need font for single use, you can declare your style online. It is always a good idea to have backup plan, such as using serif as ‘fallback font’. This is often done to evade unexpected behavior, which means if things go wrong with servers, web-browser can make use of its default ‘Serif’ font. It is advisable to make it a practice while using ‘font-family’ attribute whether you are using ‘@font-face’ or not. This practice is often known as ‘font stacks’.

Multiple font requests may increase the total number of http requests the page makes. That means fewer http requests you make, better in term of page response time. If you need multiple variations for a single font, it will be best to divide them using comma, devoid of ‘space’ in between.