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google-webfonts
Google::Webfonts
Provides a helper for using Google Webfonts with the Ruby programming language.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'google-webfonts'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install google-webfonts
Usage
include Google::Webfonts::Helper
google_webfonts_link_tag font_name: [weights]
Examples
Basic usage:
google_webfonts_link_tag droid_sans: [400, 700], yanone_kaffeesatz: [300, 400]
The weights are optional, and do not have to be in an Array if you are only including one. For example:
# Generate a tag for Droid+Sans without specifying the font weight.
google_webfonts_link_tag :droid_sans
# Generate a tag for Droid+Sans with 400 weight.
google_webfonts_link_tag :droid_sans => 400
# Generate a tag for Droid+Sans with 400 and 700 weights.
google_webfonts_link_tag :droid_sans => [400, 700]
In certain cases it will be necessary to use Strings instead of Symbols for the font names. The helper method titleizes the symbols when converting it to a Google Webfonts compatible name. This does not work for every font name. For example:
# If a Symbol was provided here, the "T" would be lower-case, which would
# result in an invalid link.
google_webfonts_link_tag 'PT Sans'
Using in Rails
Require the gem like this in your Gemfile when using with Rails:
gem 'google-webfonts', require: 'google/webfonts/rails'
The google_webfonts_link_tag helper method will automatically be available
to your views. If you need to use it outside of the views, include this module:
include Google::Webfonts::Helper
Using in Sinatra
Here is a simple "Hello World" example for using Google::Webfonts in a Sinatra app:
# app.rb
require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra'
# This must be required after requiring sinatra.
require 'google/webfonts/sinatra'
get '/' do
erb :index
end
# views/index.erb
<html>
<head>
<%= google_webfonts_link_tag "Droid Sans" %>
</head>
<body>
<p style="font-family: 'Droid+Sans', sans-serif;">
Hello World!
</p>
</body>
</html>
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then,
run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an
interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/hi5dev/google-webfonts.
FAQs
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We found that google-webfonts demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 22 May 2018
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