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What is the best platform for the distribution of free fonts ?

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For a long time I have used DeviantArt for the distribution of my free fonts but recently DeviantArt has introduced changes to it's website.  It is moving to a new design for the website called 'Eclipse' which makes the wesite more like a mobile phone interface, it is really awful but it is now the default, you have to switch to the old website.  They justify this by saying that most people who use DeviantArt do so from a mobile phone or tablet.
For the moment the old website is still available but when 'Eclipse' is fully complete the old website may not be available and all customisation features of the website are not going to be accessible on a free account, only for those who pay a monthly subscription (so called Core members).
For a long time I have thought that DeviantArt although good is not the ideal platform for distribution fo free fonts, it is an art website, it is not the first choice for those people looking for a free font.
On DeviantArt my Kelvinch font only has about 800 downloads and Munson only has about 250 but on FontSquirrel Kelvinch has over 20,000 downloads and Munson has about 14,000.  I cannot control what appears on Font Squirrel, the owner of the site is the person who decides what to put up.
Of course my free fonts have appeared on many free font websites, Munson and Kelvinch have even appeared on a Russian website which only seems to have fonts which cover Cyrillic.  I cannot understand this website because it is in Russian.
I thought of GitHub but that also is not the first choice for anyone looking for a free font.
What I am looking for is a replacement for DeviantArt but perhaps a little more font oriented than art oriented.
Does anyone know of a good site ?

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