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font subsetting

Also known as subsetting

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strips unused characters from a font file to reduce file size

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  1. as of Jan 2021Capability
    Strips unused characters from a font file to reduce file size
    “Subsetting allows you to strip the file back to only the things you're actually using.” 7:01
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What are Web Fonts?

The talk explains how to use web fonts while balancing performance, readability, and branding. It compares web-safe and system font stacks with custom fonts, then covers self-hosting, caching, `font-display`, and preloading. It also describes how variable fonts and character subsetting affect font file size and network requests. The speaker recommends using a variable font, preloading it, self-hosting it, and setting `font-display: optional` to reduce layout shift.

Jan 14, 2021· 9 minDiscussed 7:01