Pull Request: https://github.com/php/web-php/pull/752 Author: javiereguiluz
This Pull Request proposes 3 changes related to fonts: **(1)** Add the WOFF2 variant of web fonts. [WOFF2 standard](https://w3c.github.io/woff/woff2/) reduces the file sizes significantly. This is important to make our website more accessible to folks with limited Internet connections. 96% of browsers support WOFF2 ([source](https://caniuse.com/?search=woff2)) and we still have WOFF and TTF/OTF/EOT formats for those edge-cases which don't support it. Real examples of the file size reductions for php.net: ``` Fira Sans Regular: 183 KB (woff) -> 129 KB (woff2) --> 30% reduction in size Fira Mono Regular: 87 KB (woff) -> 65 KB (woff2) --> 35% reduction in size ``` **(2)** Use `font-display: swap` for web fonts (see [MDN Docs for font-display](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-face/font-display)) This is recommended to not block the rendering the page for a long time if the web font is not available. Again, this is important for folks with suboptimal network connections. The `swap` value is also the default option in popular font services like [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/). **(3)** Update the list of alternative font families. I updated the sans-serif and mono font stack used in the design. The new stacks are much longer (not a problem in practice thanks to CSS variables) but they cover all common browsing devices (including smartphones). I crafted the list from the recommended font stacks of the most popular CSS frameworks and the most popular websites for developers. -- PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
