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Re:Font loading on the web by ArtDev on Monday February 01, 2021 @11:47AM (#25990314)
Interesting, but I don't think I will be using `font-display: optional`anytime soon.
Re:Font loading on the web by reaperducer on Monday February 01, 2021 @12:29PM (#25990828)
I might. One of the target groups for one of my web sites is people who are browsing on a low-end phone in basements and underground parking garages with poor cellular connectivity. (It's very geographically specific, but the users still number in the tens of thousands.)

"this value also allows the browser to determine whether the custom font is even used at all, using the user’s connection speed as a determining factor where slower connections are less likely to receive the custom font."

https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/font-display/

Re:Font loading on the web by wtetzner on Monday February 01, 2021 @01:08PM (#25991375)
Any particular reason why? Because without additional context, it sounds like you value pushing your preferred font over the user's time.
Re:Font loading on the web by recursive on Monday February 01, 2021 @01:38PM (#25991788)
I might use while browsing sites you design. Browsers are (theoretically at least) agents of the user.