Title: I adore great typography, but I think @font-face in practice contributes to some of the most annoying user experiences on the web today.<p>It is very frustrating when loading up a website and seeing a mostly blank page because the fonts are still downloading. This is especially frustrating on a slow internet connection or on mobile.<p>I&#x27;m sure that more people will discover and adopt best practices to improve performance and overall user experience over time, but right now I&#x27;m noticing this slowdown very frequently. - see http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.igvita.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;31&#x2F;optimizing-web-font-rendering-performance&#x2F; for some notes on best practices<p>To me, speed is still the most important feature of a website, and it&#x27;s shocking how bad this experience often becomes when web fonts are added to the equation.<p>This is one of the biggest problems I have with the current web because of how frequently I&#x27;m noticing this.
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