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This is a fundamental problem with web design at the moment. Every designer puts their awesome looking font in, but ultimately the web browser renders what it w
by fabricexpert 8y ago
This is a fundamental problem with web design at the moment. Every designer puts their awesome looking font in, but ultimately the web browser renders what it wants, and to get a good pagespeed score you need to render local fonts.
It ends up being a trade off between performance and UI. But why can't we have both? Why can't the user say "always use x and y fonts because I know best" and give the designer the opportunity to put the fonts they want in without impacting performance.
- megous 8y agoUsers can do that, and it is [still!] a first class (ie. not hidden in about:config, but available in preferences) configuration option in Firefox. Part of a web design job should be testing your creation under different user selectable options. Like zoom, font selection, screens of various quality, etc. But most designers still treat web browsers, like it's a piece of paper they're in complete control over.
- vbezhenar 8y agoBrowsers should include popular fonts. Currently there are not enough good cross-platform fonts, that's why designers want custom fonts. Or something should be done for better caching of custom fonts, so if you've used your browser for few weeks, you won't have to load any custom font ever, because they are already cached.