There are a lot of arguments around why you should use webfonts. In a post called “Webfonts”, web designer Adam Morse says we should all just say no to webfonts and insists that system fonts are a better choice. With usage at 60 percent, surely nobody would seriously argue for a return to system fonts, right? For example, in 2009, web performance expert Steve Souders-then at Yahoo- warned web designers that they should, if at all possible, stay away from webfonts: “My first piece of advice is to avoid using unless it’s critical to the page.” These fears can be very irrational, and they can persist long after the conditions that gave rise to them are gone. Now, whether webfonts, cloud computing, or animation, the adoption of new technologies means potential users have come to terms with their fears about them. Webfonts have reached critical mass and will soon be the new normal in web typography. An exodus away from system fonts is clearly underway. In “Efficient Web Type, Circa 1556”, designer Kenneth Ormandy notes that “we are building sites that request more fonts, from an 8kb average transfer size at the beginning of 2012 to a 59kb average two years later.” Image: HTTP Archive.ĭata also shows that soon after a site adopts webfonts, it will likely add more: the number of requests go up and, so too, do the sizes of the files requested. A success by anyone’s measure (mostly) #section2Īs of May 2016, a majority of sites-60% of the Alexa Top 1 Million Sites-were using webfonts, up from only 2% in 2011.
#I AM A LEAF ON THE WIND SVG PATCH#
With the learn-as-you-go self-reliance that web creators have always been so good at-a slick change in syntax to grease this thing here, a polyfill to patch that thing there-we’ve come a long, long way with very little preparation. 3 days of design, code, and content for web & UX designers & devs.Īnd move they did.
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