In this episode, Steffen and Dominik discuss why the verdict on the use of Google Fonts is so absurd. Does this mean that for all other services that work similarly, a ruling has to happen first? Will courts decide on designs in the future? And what could the ruling mean for free and paid fonts?
Highlights
00:00 Why do people get sued over Google Fonts?
03:44 How to load fonts from a local server?
08:01 Why is the verdict absurd?
09:46 What's the problem with Google Fonts?
13:41 Loading Google Fonts via other services (reCaptcha)
22:43 Accomplish GDPR privacy = impact on competitiveness
29:10 Why is it so easy to load Google Fonts?
33:18 Future of paid and free fonts
Links
GDPR: https://gdpr.eu/
Google reCAPTCHA: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/
Plausible: https://plausible.io/
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