As all files are the exact same ones Google is hosting in the wild, I don't feel like you'll lose any optimizations (which might be the case when using font generation services like FontSquirrel).
As all files are the exact same ones Google is hosting in the wild, I don't feel like you'll lose any optimizations (which might be the case when using font generation services like FontSquirrel).
I'll look into that and maybe provide some additional fonts on a per OS/Browser basis to download. The main problem is that it's impossible to have a static CSS snippet AND provide different files per User-Agent (a javascript solution might help). So until I've found a solution to this, you are absolutely right, these optimizations will get lost on local use!
For reference: I'm currently using the following User-Agents for fetching the font file urls from Google's CSS: http://pastebin.com/5SZ1Q6kj
Anyway, thanks for your service, bookmarked... (I've been thinking of doing something similar). Good luck with finding a solution to this problem...