Unless you're comparing gzipped CSS (base64, I mean) to a gzipped font file, in which case, the size isn't recovered. zx2c4@thinkpad ~ $ gzip Ovo-Regular.t

Unless you're comparing gzipped CSS (base64, I mean) to a gzipped font file, in which case, the size isn't recovered. zx2c4@thinkpad ~ $ gzip Ovo-Regular.ttf zx2c4@thinkpad ~ $ stat Ovo-Regular.ttf.gz File: 'Ovo-Regular.ttf.gz' Size: 23903 zx2c4@thinkpad ~ $ base64 Ovo-Regular.ttf > Ovo-Regular.ttf.b64 zx2c4@thinkpad ~ $ gzip Ovo-Regular.ttf.b64 zx2c4@thinkpad ~ $ stat Ovo-Regular.ttf.b64.gz File: 'Ovo-Regular.ttf.b64.gz' Size: 34746