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[p5.js 2.0 Beta Bug Report]: Some google fonts don't load

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Most appropriate sub-area of p5.js?
  • Accessibility
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  • Data
  • DOM
  • Events
  • Image
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  • Typography
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p5.js version

2.0 beta 1

Web browser and version

Firefox

Operating system

MacOS

Steps to reproduce this

I'm not sure what the difference is, but I was playing around with loading google fonts, and I have an example of one that works and one that doesn't:

let font

async function setup() {
  createCanvas(400, 400);
  
  // ok
  // font = await loadFont('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Sniglet:wght@400;800&display=swap')
  
  // not ok?
  font = await loadFont('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Jersey+10&display=swap')
}

function draw() {
  background(220);
  textFont(font)
  textSize(20)
  text('test', 50, 50)
}

Live: https://editor.p5js.org/davepagurek/sketches/c8__rjh8_

Anyone have any ideas what Jersey 10 does that Sniglet doesn't that would the error Failed to create FontFace for "Jersey 10" to be thrown? Maybe the number in the name?

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by running the linked sketch in Firefox and comparing the loadFont() behavior for the Sniglet and Jersey 10 Google Fonts URLs. Investigate why Jersey 10 triggers “Failed to create FontFace” and consider the existing font-loading path; done when the reported font loads successfully without breaking the working case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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