@next/font

What is @next/font?

@next/font is a package designed to optimize and manage fonts in Next.js applications. It provides a streamlined way to include and configure custom fonts, Google Fonts, and local fonts, ensuring better performance and easier font management.

What are @next/font's main functionalities?

Custom Fonts

This feature allows you to include custom fonts in your Next.js application by specifying the font source, weight, and style.

import { createFont } from '@next/font';

const myFont = createFont({
  src: '/path/to/font.woff2',
  weight: '400',
  style: 'normal'
});

export default function MyApp() {
  return (
    <div style={{ fontFamily: myFont }}>Hello, world!</div>
  );
}

Google Fonts

This feature allows you to easily include Google Fonts in your Next.js application by specifying the font family, weights, and styles.

import { createGoogleFont } from '@next/font';

const roboto = createGoogleFont({
  family: 'Roboto',
  weights: ['400', '700'],
  styles: ['normal', 'italic']
});

export default function MyApp() {
  return (
    <div style={{ fontFamily: roboto }}>Hello, world!</div>
  );
}

Local Fonts

This feature allows you to include local fonts in your Next.js application by specifying the local path to the font file, weight, and style.

import { createLocalFont } from '@next/font';

const localFont = createLocalFont({
  src: '/local/path/to/font.woff2',
  weight: '400',
  style: 'normal'
});

export default function MyApp() {
  return (
    <div style={{ fontFamily: localFont }}>Hello, world!</div>
  );
}

Other packages similar to @next/font

typeface

The 'typeface' package allows you to self-host fonts by providing a collection of pre-packaged fonts. It simplifies the process of including fonts in your project but does not offer the same level of integration with Next.js as @next/font.

webfontloader

The 'webfontloader' package is a JavaScript library for loading web fonts. It supports Google Fonts, Typekit, and custom fonts. While it is versatile, it requires more manual setup compared to the streamlined approach of @next/font.

README

@next/font

@next/font includes built-in automatic self-hosting for any font file. This means you can optimally load web fonts with zero layout shift, thanks to the underlying CSS size-adjust property used.

This new font system also allows you to conveniently use all Google Fonts with performance and privacy in mind. CSS and font files are downloaded at build time and self-hosted with the rest of your static assets. No requests are sent to Google by the browser.

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