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Try different Google Fonts on your (live) Website in seconds!
// Change the NEWFONT var to the Font you want to try out and paste this script into the console.
// Of Course your website needs to be fully loaded
// Type the font name without any special chars
// Example: "Varela Rond", "Open Sans", "Roboto", "Slabo 27px", ...
var NEWFONT = "Varela Round"; // Select any font from https://www.google.com/fonts
(function(d) {
var link = d.createElement("link");
var img = d.createElement("img");
link.href = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=" + NEWFONT.replace(" ", "+");
link.rel = "stylesheet";
link.type = "text/css";
d.querySelectorAll("head")[0].appendChild(link);
// onerror only gets fired, when the img is executed and the browser knows
// that a stylesheet is not a valid image ;)
img.onerror = function() {
for(var i=0, els=d.querySelectorAll("*"); i < els.length; i++){
els[i].style.fontFamily = NEWFONT;
};
}
d.body.appendChild(img);
img.src = link.href;
})(document);
var NEWFONT="YOURFONTHERE";!function(a){var b=a.createElement("link"),c=a.createElement("img");b.href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family="+NEWFONT.replace(" ","+"),b.rel="stylesheet",b.type="text/css",a.querySelectorAll("head")[0].appendChild(b),c.onerror=function(){for(var b=0,c=a.querySelectorAll("*");b<c.length;b++)c[b].style.fontFamily=NEWFONT},a.body.appendChild(c),c.src=b.href}(document);
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ntwcklng commented Sep 3, 2015

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