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搭建一个在国内外都可以访问的 Google Fonts 代理

Google fonts is blocked in China.

– by Google Fonts Unstable in China – Here is How to Fix It

Yah, we all know that. But the general solution for this is awkward to me, Because after I switched the fonts location to http://fonts.useso.com, I can open my blog very quickly inside China, where the useso(360™) located. When I was trying to access it from the outside of China, both Japanese and West American are slow, over 5 seconds to download a 800 Bytes file, That’s unbearable.

Then I tried to use Qiniu as a CDN to cache fonts.googleapi.com, then I realized it’s blocked anyway. Afterwards, I use the CDN to cache fonts.useso.com, still doesn’t work at all, it persist showing me this:

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{
  error: "get from image source failed: E400"
}

Then I remember my server in L.A., That’s it! Let’s build a cache by ourselves!

Update nginx configuration to add the following lines:

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server {
  server_name fontus.rankun.org
  listen 80 default_server;
  proxy_cache cache_zone;

  location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_pass http://fonts.googleapis.com/;
  }
}

Then reload Nginx by service nginx reload if you are also using Ubuntu.

There you go, fontus.rankun.org will performs perfectly.

One last word, The Chinese International Export bandwidth is tooooooooooooo slow !