Download Google Webfonts
An official Github repo by Google containing the binary font files served through Google Fonts, so you can easily download and install them locally.
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The old Chrome downloads bar had several advantages over the new subtle downloads dropdown:
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When Google analytics won't let you add a @googlemail.com account
If Google Analytics claims that a something@googlemail.com address is not a valid Google account, try adding something@gmail.com.
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Download all Google Web Fonts as a single tarball
Google’s Font Directory and API for web fonts could have a transformative effect on how we read the web. The only problem is, Google has made it very difficult to download all of the actual font files.
Web designers must be free to experiment w...
Capybara: Testing file downloads
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Unpoly 2: Don't try to download files through AJAX requests
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How to downgrade Google Chrome in Ubuntu
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How to set up SMTP email delivery with a Gmail account
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TL...
How to simulate limited bandwidth in Google Chrome and Firefox
Your development machine is usually on a very good network connection.
To test how your application behaves on a slow network (e.g. mobile), you can simulate limited bandwidth.
Chrome
- Open the dev tools (Ctrl+Shift+I or F12) and switch to ...
When Internet Explorer does not render webfonts on customer machines
Things to check first
- Do you deliver fonts in a format that the target IE version understands?
- Did you double-check your
@font-facedeclarations with all the hacky syntax that is required? Compare them with other decl...