functions.php

/**-------------------------------------------------
 * @package Code Snippets
 * @link http://rhythmshahriar.com/codes/
 * @author Rhythm Shahriar <[email protected]>
 * @link http://rhythmshahriar.com
 * @copyright Copyright © 2017, Rhythm Shahriar
 ---------------------------------------------------*/

#PROPER WAY TO LOAD GOOGLE FONTS IN WORDPRESS
//load the fonts from googleapis
function rhythm_google_fonts_url() {
    $font_url = '';

    if ( 'off' !== _x( 'on', 'Google font: on or off', 'rhythm' ) ) {
        $font_url = add_query_arg( 'family', urlencode( 'Montserrat:400,700|Sacramento|Merriweather:300,400' ), "//fonts.googleapis.com/css" );
    }
    return $font_url;
}

//load google font
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'rhythm_load_google_fonts' );

function rhythm_load_google_fonts() {
    wp_enqueue_style( 'google-fonts', rhythm_google_fonts_url() );
}