[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26072: Bundle the Open Sans font

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#26072: Bundle the Open Sans font
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 Reporter:  johnbillion     |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  major           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ongoing         |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by Viper007Bond):

 Replying to [comment:46 damonganto]:
 > The current way of using a translator variable seems like a very dirty
 workaround.

 That's purely to allow translators to disable the font when using a
 language that is not supported by the font. It's bad form and super hacky
 to use that functionality to disable it for philosophical reasons.

 You should be using a plugin or something instead. Example from above:

 Replying to [comment:22 dimadin]:
 > For anyone concerned, I made a plugin that stops WordPress from loading
 font stylesheet from Google: http://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-google-
 fonts/

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26072#comment:48>
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