queryLocalFonts

One of many bigger downloads when requesting a webpage are customized fonts. There are numerous nice methods for lazy loading fonts to enhance efficiency for these on poor connections. By getting perception into what fonts the person has accessible, we will keep away from loading customized fonts. That is the place queryLocalFonts is available in — an native JavaScript operate to collect person font info.

queryLocalFonts is an async operate that requires person permission through a browser immediate when first executed. queryLocalFonts returns an array of FontData objects which comprise details about all accessible fonts:

const localFonts = await window.queryLocalFonts();

// [FontData, FontData, ...]

/*
{
  household: "Academy Engraved LET",
  fullName: "Academy Engraved LET Plain:1.0",
  postscriptName: "AcademyEngravedLetPlain",
  fashion: "Plain",
}
*/

If you would like to focus on a selected font face, you too can straight question the postscriptName property:

const canelaFonts = await window.queryLocalFonts({
  postscriptNames: ["Canela", "Canela-Bold"],
});

// [FontData, FontData, ...]

With queryLocalFonts you’ll be able to leverage a fonts a person already has as an alternative of downloading costly customized fonts. The immediate for permissions looks as if it will deter customers from permitting the API, nevertheless. It is so cool that this API exists although!