diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 33d5a5744..b0c850623 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This part of the configuration concerns anything that can affect the whole site.
 - `ignorePatterns`: a list of [glob](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)>) patterns that Quartz should ignore and not search through when looking for files inside the `content` folder. See [[private pages]] for more details.
 - `defaultDateType`: whether to use created, modified, or published as the default date to display on pages and page listings.
 - `theme`: configure how the site looks.
+  - `cdnCaching`: Whether to use Google CDN to cache the fonts (generally will be faster). Disable this if you want Quartz to be self-contained. Default to `true`
   - `typography`: what fonts to use. Any font available on [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/) works here.
     - `header`: Font to use for headers
     - `code`: Font for inline and block quotes.
diff --git a/quartz.config.ts b/quartz.config.ts
index 4921a1185..4e36e9408 100644
--- a/quartz.config.ts
+++ b/quartz.config.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const config: QuartzConfig = {
     ignorePatterns: ["private", "templates", ".obsidian"],
     defaultDateType: "created",
     theme: {
+      cdnCaching: true,
       typography: {
         header: "Schibsted Grotesk",
         body: "Source Sans Pro",
diff --git a/quartz/components/Head.tsx b/quartz/components/Head.tsx
index b94909cc1..dae81c731 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Head.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Head.tsx
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ export default (() => {
         <link rel="icon" href={iconPath} />
         <meta name="description" content={description} />
         <meta name="generator" content="Quartz" />
-        <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
-        <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" />
+        {cfg.theme.cdnCaching && (
+          <>
+            <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
+            <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" />
+          </>
+        )}
         {css.map((href) => (
           <link key={href} href={href} rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" spa-preserve />
         ))}
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts
index 5eb9718a9..666c1d26b 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FilePath, FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
+import { FilePath, FullSlug, joinSegments } from "../../util/path"
 import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -172,27 +172,72 @@ export const ComponentResources: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Options> = (opts?: Partial<
       return []
     },
     async emit(ctx, _content, resources): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+      const promises: Promise<FilePath>[] = []
+      const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
       // component specific scripts and styles
       const componentResources = getComponentResources(ctx)
       // important that this goes *after* component scripts
       // as the "nav" event gets triggered here and we should make sure
       // that everyone else had the chance to register a listener for it
 
-      if (fontOrigin === "googleFonts") {
-        resources.css.push(googleFontHref(ctx.cfg.configuration.theme))
-      } else if (fontOrigin === "local") {
+      let googleFontsStyleSheet = ""
+      if (fontOrigin === "local") {
         // let the user do it themselves in css
+      } else if (fontOrigin === "googleFonts") {
+        if (cfg.theme.cdnCaching) {
+          resources.css.push(googleFontHref(cfg.theme))
+        } else {
+          let match
+
+          const fontSourceRegex = /url\((https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/[^)]+\.(woff2|ttf))\)/g
+
+          googleFontsStyleSheet = await (
+            await fetch(googleFontHref(ctx.cfg.configuration.theme))
+          ).text()
+
+          while ((match = fontSourceRegex.exec(googleFontsStyleSheet)) !== null) {
+            // match[0] is the `url(path)`, match[1] is the `path`
+            const url = match[1]
+            // the static name of this file.
+            const [filename, ext] = url.split("/").pop()!.split(".")
+
+            googleFontsStyleSheet = googleFontsStyleSheet.replace(url, `/fonts/${filename}.ttf`)
+
+            promises.push(
+              fetch(url)
+                .then((res) => {
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    throw new Error(`Failed to fetch font`)
+                  }
+                  return res.arrayBuffer()
+                })
+                .then((buf) =>
+                  write({
+                    ctx,
+                    slug: joinSegments("fonts", filename) as FullSlug,
+                    ext: `.${ext}`,
+                    content: Buffer.from(buf),
+                  }),
+                ),
+            )
+          }
+        }
       }
 
       addGlobalPageResources(ctx, resources, componentResources)
 
-      const stylesheet = joinStyles(ctx.cfg.configuration.theme, ...componentResources.css, styles)
+      const stylesheet = joinStyles(
+        ctx.cfg.configuration.theme,
+        ...componentResources.css,
+        googleFontsStyleSheet,
+        styles,
+      )
       const [prescript, postscript] = await Promise.all([
         joinScripts(componentResources.beforeDOMLoaded),
         joinScripts(componentResources.afterDOMLoaded),
       ])
 
-      const fps = await Promise.all([
+      promises.push(
         write({
           ctx,
           slug: "index" as FullSlug,
@@ -223,8 +268,9 @@ export const ComponentResources: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Options> = (opts?: Partial<
           ext: ".js",
           content: postscript,
         }),
-      ])
-      return fps
+      )
+
+      return await Promise.all(promises)
     },
   }
 }
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/helpers.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/helpers.ts
index ef1d1c35c..523151c2c 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/helpers.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/helpers.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type WriteOptions = {
   ctx: BuildCtx
   slug: FullSlug
   ext: `.${string}` | ""
-  content: string
+  content: string | Buffer
 }
 
 export const write = async ({ ctx, slug, ext, content }: WriteOptions): Promise<FilePath> => {
diff --git a/quartz/util/theme.ts b/quartz/util/theme.ts
index 47951c4f4..bd0da5fb0 100644
--- a/quartz/util/theme.ts
+++ b/quartz/util/theme.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface Theme {
     body: string
     code: string
   }
+  cdnCaching: boolean
   colors: {
     lightMode: ColorScheme
     darkMode: ColorScheme