Following the usual path of innovation, Google has released a few days ago another of their good services. However this went through unnoticed, perhaps because it is still a Lab but has everything to make it a success. So, Google’s latest proposal is a directory of sources for use in building web pages, so this way the developer pages can have access to sources of high quality by using a specific API.
Google has decided to divide the service into two separate components. A directory where you can view the sources and an API where we can draw the fonts you want to use.
This Google directory contains all the sources available and lets you see how each one is displayed in the browser. Thus we can choose the one that pleases us and decide from there those that will be used.
It also provided additional information for each source:
- Variations
- Character Set
- Description of source
- Code for use
Consider this directory as a showcase of the sources provided by Google.
The second component of this new service from Google is the API. With this API we can call simply the sources they chose before, and we integrate them in the CSS of the page or directly in HTML.
Here’s the example called directly within the CSS files by adding an import instruction.
and the result show be like this:
Again Google innovates with the provision of a service (API) that comes out from under the standards imposed for the Internet, creating viable alternatives for those who want to develop applications and services.
HomePage: Google Font API