Why Would Google Use a Font Tag

Why would Google use a font tag?

Saving a few bytes on the Google homepage likely saves them terabytes of transfer bandwidth.

I have some cofusion about whether to use images for text or google font

Google fonts are CDN, so they take up zero of your server resources (while images do). That said, Google fonts can slow down your page. But typically only when you're using a handful of fonts. I wouldn't be concerned at all with 1 or 2. Overall, either method would be little to no concern in the end.

However, using images for text is a flash back to 1998. Bad practice. More so on your end, as updating text, changing design, running A/B tests, accessibility, SEO, and maintaining the site in general will become a major pain in the a**. Simplest answer? Avoid it.

Directly from Google Fonts site:

Tip: Using many font styles can slow down your webpage, so only select
the font styles that you actually need on your webpage.

Tip: If you choose only the languages that you need, you'll help
prevent slowness on your webpage.

Example usage:

// include in the <head/> of your website
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

then:

// in your css:
h1 { font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, serif; font-weight: 400; }

Done. Very little resources.

Certain Fonts used in HTML looks different than google fonts

You must first link the font (ideally in the head tag), because this font is not part of the operating system. When the web browser can't find the font, it uses default font for the operating system.

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@100&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

Or you can also import it in your CSS file.

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@100&display=swap');

Check the Google Fonts CSS API documentation for more info: https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/css2

Why my webpage shakes after adding google font link in my html head tag?

Thanks for your answer. I just solved my problem using a method. As I was using vs code. I set up an autosave option. The autosave delay option was set to 100 milliseconds. When I converted it to 1000 milliseconds, it worked without shaking the page.

Why is the font element not supported in HTML5?

In short:

HTML is a markup language. Use it to mark up the different sections of your content using the most semantically accurate element.

CSS is used for styling purposes, such as changing colors, sizes, fonts, etc.

The <font> element was used for styling, not marking up a section of your content. That's why it's deprecated, along with other out-of-place elements such as <center>.

Why are my Google Web Fonts pixelated?

It's not a problem of browser it's problem of windows.

Check this https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/265/font-face-loaded-on-windows-look-really-bad-which-font-are-you-using-that-are

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