Who says GDPR is all work and no play?
Recently, we learned that hitting the Google Fonts API is not considered in full compliance with GDPR. Since we have historically loaded the majority of built-in fonts within KnowledgeOwl using Google Fonts, we decided it was time we make some changes.
Fonts now self-hosted
We decided the best path forward to avoid any future issues with GDPR was to shift from hitting Google's Fonts API to just host the font files ourselves.
All fonts that are built-in to KnowledgeOwl (and available in Settings > Style) are now loaded through our own hosting, never hitting the Google Fonts API. If you're using one of these fonts, you don't need to do anything--your fonts will now automatically be loaded through our self-hosting.
New fonts available
While we were making these changes, we decided it was a great time to update our Fonts list a bit. We've added these fonts:
- Inter
- Noto Sans JP
- Oswald
- Poppins
- Roboto Condensed
- Roboto Mono
- Source Sans Pro
We've also updated our pre-built Font Pairs so that they use a few of these new fonts, so you can try them out faster.
New font sort order
Previously, the font dropdown in Settings > Style was sorted alphabetically. We've updated the sorting here based on Google statistics, so that the most commonly used fonts are the top of the dropdown, and the less used fonts are closer to the bottom.
We hope these give you some fun new options to update your knowledge base, with the assurance that selecting a font won't cause you issues with GDPR.
