Title: GET http://fonts.googleapis.com/css 400 (Bad Request)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# GET http://fonts.googleapis.com/css 400 (Bad Request)

 *  Resolved [GPS Tracker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uniguardgps/)
 * (@uniguardgps)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/)
 * GET [http://fonts.googleapis.com/css](http://fonts.googleapis.com/css) 400 (Bad
   Request) [http://www.uniguardgps.com/:34](http://www.uniguardgps.com/:34)
    event.
   returnValue is deprecated. Please use the standard event.preventDefault() instead.
   jquery.js:4
 * Using google chrome check and find this.Please help.

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 *  [Saravanan S, a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simplysaru/)
 * (@simplysaru)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770541)
 * It means that the url [http://fonts.googleapis.com/css](http://fonts.googleapis.com/css)
   you are referencing in your main page is not available. Mostlikely some arguments
   like here [http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,600italic,700italic,400,700,600,300](http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,600italic,700italic,400,700,600,300)
 * are missing. You should be able to fix this by tweaking your theme file.
 *  Thread Starter [GPS Tracker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uniguardgps/)
 * (@uniguardgps)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770559)
 * Hello Saravanan,thanks for your help. I know what is missing or wrong by comparing
   the right web with my own web..but I just do not know how to edit it, or where
   to edit..This is my first time to use wp..
 *  [Saravanan S, a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simplysaru/)
 * (@simplysaru)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770563)
 * You can edit the files using the built in theme editor. Just navigate to Dashboard
   >Appearance> Editor. Select the appropriate file/files and you can edit them.
 *  Thread Starter [GPS Tracker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uniguardgps/)
 * (@uniguardgps)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770601)
 * Hello Saravanan,thanks for your quick answer and help. I will try to do it..
 *  [damiankaelgreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damiankaelgreen/)
 * (@damiankaelgreen)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770744)
 * I am having the same problem, but I do not know where the source code is…
 * The error I see in chrome is:
    Request URL:[http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Gabriola&ver=4.1.1](http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Gabriola&ver=4.1.1)
   Request Method:GET Status Code:400 Bad Request
 * And it’s true! I’ve found that if I put that url into the browser, I get an error,
   but if I change Gabriola to Gabri**e**la, then it works. So somewhere, someone
   created a typo…
 * According to the sources tab of the chrome developer tool, the problematic line
   is in the (index) and the exact line is:
    `<<strong>link</strong> rel='stylesheet'
   id='google-font-css' href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Gabriola&ver
   =4.1.1' type='text/css' media='all' />`
 * But the problem is that I don’t know where the source of that is coming from…
   I’ve grep’d the entire directory structure for “Gabriola” and the only place 
   it shows up is in various _index files in the wp-content/**cache**/page_enhanced/
   <site_name>/ and …/*/ dirs.
 * But I suspect that these cache files are subject to be reconstructed with the
   theme files, I don’t think I can really modify those…
 * There are however several references to googleapis in some of my theme “hooks”
   dirs, but no where is there a reference to “Gabriola”.
 * So where the heck is the source of this word so I can fix it? Could it be in 
   the database somewhere?
 * Any suggestions would be welcome…
 *  [MarkRH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/)
 * (@markrh)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770745)
 * Well, in the Twenty Twelve theme, the **functions.php** file loads the fonts:
 *     ```
       function twentytwelve_get_font_url() {
       	$font_url = '';
   
       	/* translators: If there are characters in your language that are not supported
       	 * by Open Sans, translate this to 'off'. Do not translate into your own language.
       	 */
       	if ( 'off' !== _x( 'on', 'Open Sans font: on or off', 'twentytwelve' ) ) {
       		$subsets = 'latin,latin-ext';
   
       		/* translators: To add an additional Open Sans character subset specific to your language,
       		 * translate this to 'greek', 'cyrillic' or 'vietnamese'. Do not translate into your own language.
       		 */
       		$subset = _x( 'no-subset', 'Open Sans font: add new subset (greek, cyrillic, vietnamese)', 'twentytwelve' );
   
       		if ( 'cyrillic' == $subset )
       			$subsets .= ',cyrillic,cyrillic-ext';
       		elseif ( 'greek' == $subset )
       			$subsets .= ',greek,greek-ext';
       		elseif ( 'vietnamese' == $subset )
       			$subsets .= ',vietnamese';
   
       		$protocol = is_ssl() ? 'https' : 'http';
       		$query_args = array(
       			'family' => 'Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700',
       			'subset' => $subsets,
       		);
       		$font_url = add_query_arg( $query_args, "$protocol://fonts.googleapis.com/css" );
       	}
   
       	return $font_url;
       }
       ```
   
 * So, I suspect other themes are similar.
 *  [damiankaelgreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damiankaelgreen/)
 * (@damiankaelgreen)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770746)
 * Thanks, but I don’t see any references to Gabriola there. I am using a free theme
   from GoDaddy called Cleanio, developed by CyberChimps that is not well supported
   by them, and that complicates the code a little. I’ll try posting the same question
   on the limited forum that CyberChimps has to offer and post a response here if
   I get an answer.
 *  [MarkRH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/)
 * (@markrh)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770747)
 * Of course not, Twenty Twelve doesn’t use Gabriola font. I was just giving an 
   example of where it might be in that font. But, you really do need to ask the
   developers and/or other users of that theme.
 *  [damiankaelgreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damiankaelgreen/)
 * (@damiankaelgreen)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-httpfontsgoogleapiscomcss-400-bad-request/#post-4770748)
 * Also, just another update, I searched for Gabriola in the wp-options database
   table, which is really the only place I’d expect it to be in the database, and
   I didn’t find it there either…

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