[Laszlo-dev] High Performance Web Sites :: @font-face and performance

[Raju Bitter]

Thanks for the info, Tucker!

Personally, I only would use custom fonts in projects where you  
deliver SWF to IE and older browser, and DHTML to the Webkit/Firefox  
3.5+ family. Maybe IE 9 will be better, but who knows if there's going  
to be an IE9 based on the current IE engine. Maybe Microsoft will join  
the Webkit family with WebExplorer 9...

I think it depends on the usage scenario: if the OL app is a part of  
your portal, don't use fonts too much. If you have a full screen  
application, it's a bit different (e.g. Webtop).

Then again, I'd never advise someone to run huge modern Ajax/JS apps  
in IE. ;-)

On Oct 13, 2009, at 11:26 PM, P T Withington wrote:

> IE wins again...
>
>> @font-face Performance Advice
>> My first piece of advice is to avoid using @font-face unless it’s  
>> critical to the page.
>>
>> The primary reason for this advice is that font files block  
>> rendering of the entire page in IE until they’re done downloading.  
>> Stylesheets also have this problem. But stylesheets provide styling  
>> for all aspects of the entire page, whereas font files only add one  
>> thing - a custom font.
>
> NOT
>
> [High Performance Web Sites :: @font-face and performance](http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2009/10/13/font-face-and-performance/ 
> )