Font Awesome vs Google Fonts
Font Awesome is a web font provider and Google Fonts is a web font provider. Here's how they compare, how Tech Stack Detector detects each, and how many scanned websites use them.
Icon font and SVG toolkit.
- Category
- Font
- Detection signals
- 2
- In our index
- 57 websites
- Official site
- fontawesome.com
Free web font hosting by Google.
- Category
- Font
- Detection signals
- 1
- In our index
- 215 websites
- Official site
- fonts.google.com
Used together
34 websites in our index use both Font Awesome and Google Fonts, so they aren't always an either/or choice.
How Tech Stack Detector detects each
Font Awesome
- Link HrefFont Awesome stylesheet
- Script SrcFont Awesome kit script
Google Fonts
- Link HrefGoogle Fonts stylesheet
Websites using each
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Font Awesome and Google Fonts?
Font Awesome is a web font provider (Icon font and SVG toolkit), while Google Fonts is a web font provider (Free web font hosting by Google). Both are Font technologies, so they are often considered alternatives.
Can a website use both Font Awesome and Google Fonts?
Yes. Tech Stack Detector detects each technology independently when you scan a site, so a single page can report both Font Awesome and Google Fonts when both are present.