OH no Type Company vs Google Fonts

OH no Type Company and Google Fonts both land on Worth it.

OH no Type Company

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a designer or brand that wants expressive, characterful display type and accepts per-family licensing.

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.

OH no Type Company versus Google Fonts
Compare	OH no Type Company	Google Fonts
Verdict	Worth it	Worth it
Best for	Brands wanting expressive display type	Web projects needing free webfonts
Who it's not for	Anyone needing free or budget fonts	EU-facing sites using the Google CDN . court-ruled GDPR problem
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.	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.¹⁶
Support quality	Guess: small team, email support only	No support evidence in sources.
Public sentiment	Reddit users praise Ohno's expressive, funky typefaces with almost no negative feedback visible in sources.^⁶	Reddit and G2 users broadly treat Google Fonts as safe and free, while web developers argue over CDN performance and EU privacy compliance.¹³
Biggest gotcha	Licenses are 'non-exclusive and terminable' . check scope before embedding fonts in products^³	German court ruled loading fonts from Google's CDN leaks visitors' IPs. Self-host if EU traffic matters.¹⁵