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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