Google Fonts Text subsetting

[RedLucas]

Hey, so I'm referring specifically to the Text parameter in https://github.com/typekit/webfontloader#google.

I noticed that it is being added separate from the families. I was wondering if it would be worth it to have a way to attach it right to the families themselves.

The use-case is as follows:

Let's say I have a select field (let's say I'm using something like Select2 to display the actual list) and it is displaying a list of Google fonts.

I'd love to be able to use the webfont.js api to load all these fonts, but only the characters of each font's labels.

This way you get a nice select field with each item using it's own font. A nice user experience in my opinion.

But ya, long story short, I don't see a way to use the Webfontloader for this at the moment.

[RedLucas]

You know I'd actually consider tackling this problem myself if it's something others agree should be changed... I need the FontApiUrlBuilder.prototype.build that probably just needs some adjustments.

[RedLucas]

If that text parameter is an array, perhaps map it to the same index's font family from the families parameter?

[quicoto]

Yeah I agree. Here's another use case:

1) Font 1 = for title title text 2) Font 2 = for rest of body text

I imagine we would see a load improvement if we were to load Font 1 with just the needed text, and not the whole subset.

[stedwick]

+1