This is really just cost analysis, though. Page speed is money at some point. There are foundries that will sell you Web font licenses for dozens of dollars; un

This is really just cost analysis, though. Page speed is money at some point. There are foundries that will sell you Web font licenses for dozens of dollars; unless there is a specific need for a high dollar font, it is very possible to do it on the cheap. Designers are picky, but the boss pays the bills at the end of the day, and chances are he will settle for a slightly different font if it saves him thousands of dollars per year.