[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46169: Use system fonts for the block editor

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#46169: Use system fonts for the block editor
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 Reporter:  garrett-eclipse       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement           |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor                |    Version:  5.0
 Severity:  normal                |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:  performance, privacy  |
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 Following from a discussion in #core-privacy I'm opening this to move on
 the Google Fonts issue with Gutenberg.
 Discussion -
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C9695RJBW/p1549043771637800

 There's two main concerns;
 1. From a privacy standpoint Google Fonts tracks users potentially
 collecting PII
 2. From a performance standpoint the assets should be served locally to
 take advantage of modern font-loading optimization, etc. The cross-domain
 request slows down the site even with pre-fetching.

 This was originally raised in Gutenberg Github and closed as it's now a
 core issue;
 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/11648

 This was perviously done in 4.6 to remove Open Sans as done here;
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36753

 Thank you

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