LeoYeAI Google Web Fonts
Use Cases
- Importing Google Fonts in HTML
- Building font CSS URLs (family, style, weight, subset, text parameters)
- Controlling font loading behavior with font-display
- Applying font effects (Beta)
Quick Start
1. Include the Font Stylesheet
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Font+Name">
2. Use the Font in CSS
body {
font-family: 'Font Name', serif;
}
Building API Parameters
Basic Format
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Font+Name
Multiple Fonts (separated by |)
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Tangerine|Inconsolata|Droid+Sans
Styles and Weights (separated by :)
| Style | Specifier |
|---|---|
| Italic | italic or i |
| Bold | bold or b, or numeric value such as 700 |
| Bold Italic | bolditalic or bi |
Example:
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cantarell:italic|Droid+Serif:bold
font-display Control
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap
Subsets (subset parameter)
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Mono&subset=cyrillic,greek
Performance Optimization (text parameter)
Specify the characters needed to reduce the font file size by up to 90%:
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata&text=Hello%20World
Font Effects (Beta)
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Rancho&effect=shadow-multiple
Usage:
<div class="font-effect-shadow-multiple">This is a font effect!</div>
Common Effects List
| Effect | API Name | Class Name |
|---|---|---|
| 3D | 3d |
font-effect-3d |
| 3D Float | 3d-float |
font-effect-3d-float |
| Anaglyph | anaglyph |
font-effect-anaglyph |
| Neon | neon |
font-effect-neon |
| Shadow Multiple | shadow-multiple |
font-effect-shadow-multiple |
| Vintage | vintage |
font-effect-vintage |