# typekit/webfontloader

Web Font Loader gives you added control when using linked fonts via @font-face.

Repository: https://github.com/typekit/webfontloader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webfontloader
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-01-04T09:27:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5979, "days_push": 972, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9249, forks 630 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:29.062526+00:00)

## What it is
Web Font Loader is a JavaScript library that gives developers added control when loading linked web fonts via @font-face. It provides a common interface for loading fonts from Google Fonts, Typekit, Fonts.com, Fontdeck, or self-hosted sources, with standard events to control the loading experience.

## Use cases
- load Google Fonts with custom control over the loading experience
- load Typekit fonts asynchronously on a web page
- control FOUT/FOIT by reacting to font loading events
- load fonts from multiple providers with one interface
- set timeouts for font loading
- load self-hosted web fonts with event callbacks

## When to choose
- you need fine-grained control over web font loading and rendering states
- you load fonts from multiple providers and want a unified API
- you want to avoid invisible text while fonts load using CSS class events

## When to avoid
- you only need a simple stylesheet link to Google Fonts
- you use modern CSS features like font-display: swap that cover your needs
- you need a build-time font subsetting or self-hosting pipeline

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, http-client
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: webfonts, font-loading, font-face, google-fonts, typekit, web-server

## Member repositories
- typekit/webfontloader (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:29.062526+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:23:13.967517+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/typekit/webfontloader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:29.062526+00:00, sha 47d1f0765520)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/webfontloader (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:18.390506+00:00, sha 8a0d70d6947a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.