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While we are discussing web fonts, I think I should point out my Chrome extension that disables Web Fonts on all websites (or tries to). Uses Request filters, a
by captn3m0 11y ago
While we are discussing web fonts, I think I should point out my Chrome extension that disables Web Fonts on all websites (or tries to). Uses Request filters, and I made it because I was trying to minimise bandwidth usage on a metered EDGE connection long time back. (Opera Turbo is best for that, but Chrome is a better browser).
[0]: http://github.com/captn3m0/disable-web-fonts http://github.com/captn3m0/disable-web-fonts
[1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/olmabeadgbpmhllgdkemfdnmkngkbkeg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/olmabeadgbpmhllgdk...
- mmahemoff 11y agoWouldn't this break sites using icon fonts (e.g. Font Awesome)?
- tedunangst 11y agoYes. You get a long series of squares (maybe with hex codes if you're lucky) instead of icons. I try to avoid using such sites when possible. (this notably includes github and twitter).
- paradite 11y agoMaybe one alternative is to have fonts like Font Awesome built into the browsers, although I am not sure if that is practical.
- kuschku 11y agoOr that you download the font once, manually, and install it.
- adsche 11y agoI liked this comment [1] from earlier: Use ligatures. That way, a meaningful text could be displyed when the font is not loaded, but fuses into a symbol with the appropriate font. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10326630 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10326630
- kmfrk 11y agoCan you add a button in the browser for turning it on and off? :) Thanks for the extension.