This flowchart might clear up the rendering differences: http://typophile.com/node/70216 http://typophile.com/node/70216 It's not so much that rendering a whol

This flowchart might clear up the rendering differences: http://typophile.com/node/70216 http://typophile.com/node/70216 It's not so much that rendering a whole bunch of text takes a while (though it might, but it probably has more to do with the time it takes to download the font), but more that the letters look different depending on who looks at it. After that, it's up to the designer to decide whether or not the difference is acceptable. I'd say it works out fine in pretty much all cases. Your site doesn't have to look the same in all browsers, people.