The Consequences of Web Fonts

THE CONSEQUENCES OF WEB FONTS @bram_stein !

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lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales

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lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales Loading example.com

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lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm, Grimm’s Household Tales

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lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm, Grimm’s Household Tales

request content content loads web fonts load In olden times
when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales Flash Of Unstyled Text (FOUT) Flash Of Invisible Text (FOIT) request content content loads web fonts load

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Lo In olden times when wishing still helped one, there
lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales Flash Of Invisible Text followed by a Flash Of Unstyled Text request HTML timeout triggers In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime- The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales web fonts load content loads

50% use web fonts

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Web Font Usage 2011 - 2015

font size ~70kB

1-4 fonts per site

70kB - 280kB

FOUT PROGRESSIVE ENHANCEMENT is

CSS font-rendering swap • block • optional

@font-face { font-family: MyFont; src: url(myfont.woff); font-rendering: swap infinite; }

In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived
a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales font-rendering: swap infinite request content content loads web fonts load

@font-face { font-family: MyFont; src: url(myfont.woff); font-rendering: block 3s; }

Lo In olden times when wishing still helped one, there
lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime- The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales font-rendering: block 3s request content timeout triggers web fonts load content loads

@font-face { font-family: MyFont; src: url(myfont.woff); font-rendering: optional; }

a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales font-rendering: optional (uncached) font-rendering: optional (cached) In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales request content content loads web fonts load request content content and web fonts load

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@font-face { font-family: MyIcons; src: url(myicons.woff); font-rendering: block infinite; }
! .icon { font-family: MyIcons; }

IE9 IE10 IE11 Chrome Firefox Safari Opera Android No No
No No No No No No Browser support for font-rendering

use javascript

http://w3.org/TR/css-font-loading/ http://w3.org/TR/css-font-loading/

var font = new FontFace( ‘MyFont’, ‘url(myfont.woff)’, { weight: 400
} ); ! font.load().then(function () { // font has loaded });

No Yes No No Yes No Browser support for CSS font loading

http://github.com/bramstein/fontfaceobserver github.com/bramstein/fontfaceobserver

var observer = new FontFaceObserver( ‘MyFont’, { weight: 400 }
); ! observer.check().then(function () { // font has loaded });

… ! var html = document.documentElement; ! observer.check().then(function () {
html.classList.add(“myfont-active”); }, function () { html.classList.add(“myfont-inactive”); });

html { font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; }

html { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; } ! .myfont-active { font-family:
MyFont, Arial, sans-serif; }

a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales Request content.

a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales Content loads. Fallback fonts are shown. Fonts load asynchronously. Request content.

a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales Content loads. Fallback fonts are shown. Fonts load asynchronously. Request content. Fonts load and observer adds “active” class. Browser renders with web font.

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lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales Loading example.com

caching

30% cache hit rate

OTF Ag EOT Ag WOFF Ag WOFF2 Ag SVG

@font-face { font-family: My Family; src: url(font.woff2) format(‘woff2’), url(font.woff) format(‘woff’);
}

IE9 IE10 IE11 Chrome Firefox Safari Opera Android WOFF2 No
No No Yes No No Yes No WOFF Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OTF Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes EOT Yes Yes Yes n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Browser support for web font formats

@font-face { font-family: My Family; src: url(font.woff2) format(‘woff2’), url(font.woff) format(‘woff’),
url(font.otf) format(‘opentype’); }

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fallback fonts

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one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. web font fallback A fallback B

lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. ! Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. fallback

lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. ! Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. web font

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lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. ! Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. web font

body { font-family: MyFont, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-size-adjust: 0.5;
}

No Yes Yes No Yes No Browser support for font-size-adjust

body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; } ! .myfont-active
{ font-family: MyFont, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; }

FOUT subset fallback fonts

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lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales before

example.com after

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olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales after

lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favourite plaything. ! Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The Frog King, or Iron Henry The Brothers Grimm Grimm’s Household Tales after

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