google / google/fonts

Local font name makes web accessible

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Description

There are a lot of people on bad internet connection.

Google Fonts used to provide `local()` font name so browser would use previously downloaded fonts. It is even mentioned in FAQ:

> Can I download the fonts on Google Fonts to my own computer?
>
> Yes. To download fonts, simply create a selection of fonts, open the drawer at the bottom of the screen, then click the "Download" icon in the upper-right corner of the selection drawer. You can download the fonts to use in mock-ups, documents, or locally on your machine.
> Note that when browsers render websites that use the Google Fonts API, **they will check if a font is installed locally on your computer, and prefer to use the local version over web fonts**. To make sure the fonts installed locally on your personal computer are always up-to-date, we recommend using a fonts manager (such as SkyFonts) that automatically syncs the latest versions of fonts from the Google Fonts API to your computer.

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq

Not anymore https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto%20Sans

Could you please return it back? I understand it may be [an issue for some users](https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/2620) but for others it may be a question of accessibility.

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