Comment by nick_
But doesn't Google serve a different font depending on the User Agent string? IIRC, it serves fonts based on your OS and browser so that differences in rendering implementations are corrected for.
But doesn't Google serve a different font depending on the User Agent string? IIRC, it serves fonts based on your OS and browser so that differences in rendering implementations are corrected for.
Yes, the article is indeed a simplification. Google fonts also checks for font format (eg woff2, ttf, otf...) compatibility based on user agent and changes the files served depending on your browser.