Trying to remove Google/Adobe font downloads when enabling Custom Fonts

[nolasmiles]

Hello! I’m optimizing our website (will provide link in follow-up secure note), and I’m trying to figure out the best way to serve self-hosted fonts. I was able to successfully use the Custom Fonts interface, but not sure how to set them to “preload”…

More importantly, I noticed that the HTML source still calls in Google Fonts (Open Sans & Roboto) as well as Adobe Fonts (Reklame Script) even after selecting Custom Fonts. Is there any way I can completely remove these external font downloads if I choose to go with self-hosted fonts?

Warm regards,
John Dillworth

[prakash_s]

Hello @nolasmiles,

Thanks for writing to us.

I would suggest you please have a look at this thread to learn more about how to deactivate Google Fonts.

Remove Google Fonts completely

Hello Kai, Thanks for writing in! The best way to remove Google Fonts is to use System Fonts. Make sure that the Font Manager in Cornerstone > Theme Options > Typography is turned OFF. And then select the System Font for the Heading and Body and Content options. [Screen Shot 2022-09-17 at 9.40.57 AM] [Screen Shot 2022-09-17 at 9.41.16 AM] If you are using plugins like the Rev Slider or Essential Grid, you should also make sure that it is just using System Fonts like Arial. Best Regards.

In order to improve the performance of the website I would suggest you please have a look at this documentation.

How to Improve Site Performance | Themeco Docs

You can also check the video tutorial as well.

Performance Tips: Critical Path CSS

Performance Tips: Minifying HTML, CSS & JS

Performance Tips: Reducing Plugin Load

Performance Tips: Image Optimization

Alternatively, you may subscribe to Boost for website performance and optimizations.

Thanks

[nolasmiles]

Hi, Prakash! Thanks for the extensive reply, and I’ll try what you suggested to deactivate Google Fonts.

Aside from that, how do I remove the residual request to Adobe Fonts? I removed our project from Font Manager, but our website is still requesting the font to be downloaded. You can check the page source to confirm, and thank you in advance for your help with this.

Warm regards,
John Dillworth

[nolasmiles]

My apologies - it turned out that the mystery Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts requests were due to SG Optimizer’s preloaded font settings. Not sure how they got in there, but we were good to go once I updated the list to the fonts we’re actually using.

Thanks for your time and support!

Warm regards,
John Dillworth

[prakash_s]

You are most welcome, John.