[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46170: Use system/native fonts for bundled themes

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#46170: Use system/native fonts for bundled themes
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 Reporter:  garrett-eclipse       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)          |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes                |    Version:
 Severity:  normal                |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  performance, privacy  |
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 Similar to #46169 & #36753 this request is to drop the use of Google Fonts
 for the bundled themes.

 Following from a discussion in #core-privacy I'm opening this to move on
 the Google Fonts issue with Gutenberg. [[BR]]
 Discussion -
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C9695RJBW/p1549043771637800

 There's two main concerns;
 From a privacy standpoint Google Fonts tracks users collecting PII
 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.

 From an initial scan this affects all bundled themes starting with Twenty
 Fourteen, but may just affect ALL as I did a quick search.

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