Re:Faster web fonts
by swiley on Sunday May 16, 2021 @09:07PM
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You might be able to load the fonts quickly on their own but if they're requested by something else that's dynamically loaded the (serialized) round trips can add up fast, especially on high latency connections like satellite.
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"But think of the satellite connections" isn't really a meaningful consideration in a world where we don't support IE and most websites are megabytes in side. Mine is fast enough for people stuck in the underground, which is a far more significant demographic for me.
Hypotheticals aside, the fonts load sufficiently fast in a single round trip (two if HTTP2 push isn't supported), and do not block rendering.