The WordPress Web Fonts API Has Arrived
The journey toward a web fonts API in WordPress has been a rollercoaster of emotions for developers. After being punted from the WordPress 5.9 release, it was moved to the Gutenberg project, where it could be built alongside related features that relied on it. The API has been merged into the Gutenberg plugin and should land in version 12.8. Theme authors who want to test it can clone the dev version of the plugin or download the nightly version from Gutenberg Times. Jono Alderson opened the original ticket for a web fonts API in February 2019. However, it was not until late 2021 that it gained a mass of support and development. By most accounts, the API looked ready to ship with WordPress 5.9. However, it was put on hold by Andrew Ozz, one of the lead WordPress developers. It was not a popular decision, but it may have been the best direction. The API was limited because it did not yet have theme.json support. Being only available through PHP meant that theme authors would have mostly been doing what they always have — rolling out their own solution. This was not the holdup for its unveiling, but it will…
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