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795: Hosting Private Fonts on the Edge With Cloudflare

Jul 15, 2024 · 24 min
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Scott and Wes dish out the intricacies of hosting private fonts using Cloudflare Pages. They explore the challenges of font security, the benefits of a font server, and the nuances of caching and whitelisting to keep your fonts secure and efficient.

Show Notes
  • 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • 01:53 Behind the Code: Brought to you by Sentry.io.
  • 03:12 The problem with hosting fonts.
  • 05:42 The solution, a font server with Cloudflare Pages.
  • 09:37 Utilizing a Key Value Store.
  • 10:53 Storing a whitelist.
  • 13:42 Why not just use a bucket?
  • 15:24 Should whitelisting be done in JavaScript or cores?
  • 17:23 How do you cache to multiple origins?
  • 18:15 Multiple URLs in an allow origin.
  • 19:17 Font security and foundry challenges.
  • 21:43 Moving Domains on Cloudflare.

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