Gutenberg 12.8 Launches the Web Fonts API, Improves Group Nesting, and Adds Keyboard Shortcut for Links
Gutenberg 12.8 landed in the WordPress plugin directory earlier today. I have been tinkering with many of the features as they were committed over the last couple of weeks. There are some things that I am excited about. The Web Fonts API is something I have patiently waited months for, but the ability to quickly nest Group blocks within other Groups has earned a spot in my most-loved enhancements list. A new keyboard shortcut for auto-completing links is now available. Users should also enjoy cleaner loading states for the Media & Text and Navigation blocks. The Web Fonts API Testing various web fonts. The long-awaited Web Fonts API is in the Gutenberg plugin. The road was long and bumpy getting here, but it feels good to arrive at the destination. Theme authors can now bundle font files with their themes and register them via theme.json or the wp_register_webfonts() function. The downside is that the implementation only supports locally-hosted fonts. In the long term, this will create large theme ZIP packages as developers begin to ship global style variations, each with its own fonts. Ari Stathopoulos, who has put months of work into the API, also has a patch that would…
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