[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55985: [Twenty Twelve to Twenty Seventeen]: bundle Google Fonts in each theme

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#55985: [Twenty Twelve to Twenty Seventeen]: bundle Google Fonts in each theme
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 Reporter:  luminuu                              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high                                 |   Milestone:  6.2
Component:  Bundled Theme                        |     Version:
 Severity:  major                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback needs-        |     Focuses:  privacy
  testing commit                                 |
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Comment (by luehrsen):

 Replying to [comment:87 aristath]:
 > Perhaps on older themes we could remove the fonts altogether? Themes
 before 2019 were trying to accommodate older browsers and systems where
 the default system fonts were lacking (to put it nicely). This however is
 no longer the case, so maybe we can simply remove webfonts for these old
 themes now that system fonts are decent on all systems that WP supports?

 While it is true that modern systems support a lot more fonts, the fonts
 selected in the themes are not installed locally by default on most (any?)
 systems, so removing the font files would result in a change of visuals
 for these themes and all child themes.

 One of the base approaches of this issue is to avoid exactly that.

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