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Design

Posted by Shubham Agrawal
Shubham Agrawal
7,169 Points

Does Google Web Fonts load in mobiles?

I am trying to make a responsive website ( testing @ http://www.ghissu.com/page1/index.html ), but the webfonts are not loading in mobile phones. Does anyone have a solution?

3 Answers

Jeremy Jantz
Jeremy Jantz
6,717 Points
Jeremy Jantz
Jeremy Jantz
6,717 Points

Google Web Fonts should work fine on most modern devices. See the FAQ for more details: https://developers.google.com/webfonts/faq#Mobile_Supported

I checked out the site on my iPhone and the font Titillium is loading just fine. =) What device/OS/browser combination are you having issues with specifically?

Joe Hirst
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Joe Hirst
Courses Plus Student 6,489 Points
Joe Hirst
Joe Hirst
Courses Plus Student 6,489 Points

Google fonts do load on mobile devices, yes. I cant account for all of them, thats why we have a fallback.

What devices have you tested this site on? I took a quick look on my iPhone, everything seems to work well.

Maybe have a look here too: https://developers.google.com/webfonts/faq

Daniel Swan
Daniel Swan
18,227 Points
Daniel Swan
Daniel Swan
18,227 Points

Yep! I specifically try to design with mobile in mind, and google's webfonts work fine on mobile. However I think it's safe to assume that a non-smartphone phone probably won't display properly.