Comparison

Font Awesome vs Google Fonts

Font Awesome and Google Fonts both land on Worth it.

Font Awesome

Worth it

Confidence: High

The free tier is a safe default for nearly any web project . mature, huge library, zero cost.

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you need free web fonts . it is the default choice, costs nothing, and users report it is safe.

Font Awesome versus Google Fonts
Compare	Font Awesome	Google Fonts
Verdict	Worth it	Worth it
Best for	Web projects needing quick, consistent icons	Web projects needing free webfonts
Who it's not for	Performance-critical sites unwilling to subset the icon kit	EU-facing sites using the Google CDN . court-ruled GDPR problem
Privacy	Core library is largely clean; most CVEs sit in third-party WordPress plugins that integrate Font Awesome.^⁸	No known public vulnerabilities in Google Fonts itself; CVEs found target a third-party WordPress plugin, and a German court ruled Google's CDN font loading violates GDPR.
Support quality	Dev/design support gated behind Pro subscription	No support evidence in sources.
Public sentiment	Long-time developers largely respect the library's breadth and reliability, but a visible minority has moved to lighter alternatives.^³	Reddit and G2 users broadly treat Google Fonts as safe and free, while web developers argue over CDN performance and EU privacy compliance.¹⁴
Biggest gotcha	Third-party WordPress integrations keep generating CVEs . vet plugins, not just core.	German court ruled loading fonts from Google's CDN leaks visitors' IPs. Self-host if EU traffic matters.¹⁶