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Re:Saving the Internet 2000TB a Day: Fixing Font Awesome’s F... by gurkendoktor on Saturday December 10, 2016 @09:18AM (#13145728)
This is an interesting comparison because web fonts have the opposite effect of HTTP/2: They introduce a huge delay between clicking a link and being allowed to actually read anything.

On 3G or shaky Wi-Fi, I've regularly given up on browser tabs because all I see is an empty page, even after half a minute of loading and when most images have finished downloading. (Maybe other browsers are better than Safari, but I won't switch just to see prettier fonts.)

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