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/
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