: Using fonts on websites: Webfonts vs downloaded fonts I am currently going through a web development course on Udemy.com. One of the basic videos was about using fonts on your website. The lecturer

@Odierno851

The information given to you was seriously outdated—and unrealistic, since most people could not be bothered to download and install fonts.

You can download a font and then generate different versions (formats) of it, for different platforms, to be used via @font -face. However, you need permission from the copyright holder of the font. Not all fonts are free, and even if you have legally obtained a font, you might still not be allowed to use it on web pages. Note that many repositories distribute fonts illegally claiming them to be free.

The difference between @font -face and the technique presented to you in the lecture is that @font -face works automatically, without any action needed on the user side, and without installing the font in the system (i.e. system privileges for installing fonts are not needed).

For a more detailed description, see my Guide to using special characters in HTML.

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@Pierce454

Yes, you can.
Just upload the font to your server and in your CSS add this:
@font -face {
font-family: YourFont;
src: url(YourFont.tff);
}

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