There is a dilemma when optimizing web sites and apps: Do you want stuff to show up on the screen before or after the font is loaded? So by not trying to optimi

There is a dilemma when optimizing web sites and apps: Do you want stuff to show up on the screen before or after the font is loaded? So by not trying to optimize the font load, your site will render/load faster (because the browser starts rendering the site without the font, then replaces the "dummy" text with the actual font), and usually the web font has loaded just in time to show the correct font when the user starts reading.