Thanks google, love ya guys ;-)

Now, what would be the benefit of calling:

  http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata

which in turn serves the css that contains the real call to the font:

  @font-face { font-family: 'Inconsolata'; 
  src: url('http://themes.googleusercontent.com/font?kit=J_eeEGgHN8Gk3Eud0dz8jw') 
  format('truetype'); }

So, why two trips, instead of just one?

What I'd do is just call the font directly and teach developers to use @font-face

And shrink the url a bit:

  http://fonts.googleapis.com/Inconsolata

Remember, once it gets widespread use it would be harder to change a single char