58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by Phrodo_00 on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:27PM (#19608696)

> Not a big fan of @font-face. Another host to visit.

While it is an additional HTTP request, it's not necessarily another host. You can perfectly host fonts in your own site

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by ainar-g on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:28PM (#19608707)

True. But how many actually do that vs. how many just slap a “fonts.google.com” link because “meh”.

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by davedx on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:34PM (#19608752)

I develop on the train to work a lot, where the wifi quality ranges from "can almost stream video" to "in the middle of a field". Whenever I add google fonts to a webapp I'm working on, I really notice it. Lately I've simply not been using them anymore for this reason.

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by Phrodo_00 on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:31PM (#19608730)

Yeah, which sucks.

I use gulp-google-webfonts to download fonts to my resource folder and use them from there. Even then I'm careful not to use more than 1 or 2.

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