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Umm...font loading is blocking. Not in a bytes transferred way, but in terms of user experience. Text disappearing for a font to load is not a good experience.
by timw4mail 4y ago
Umm...font loading is blocking. Not in a bytes transferred way, but in terms of user experience. Text disappearing for a font to load is not a good experience.
Unless the website is an art piece, portfolio, or something similar, where the typographic design actually matters, I'd say the system fonts are a better choice.
- codeptualize 4y agoUmm...like I pointed out, it doesn't have to be as we now have "font-display" which provides multiple strategies for loading (or not loading) web fonts. MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-face/font-display https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-face/... Demo: https://font-display.glitch.me/ https://font-display.glitch.me/ More info, pro/cons: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/05/reduce-font-loading-impact-css-descriptors/ https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/05/reduce-font-loading... And there is even more on the way: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-face/size-adjust https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-face/... As to the "better or not", read my previous comment(s).