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  1. ★ Talk Recap: The Five Whys of Web Font Loading Performance zachleat.com/web/five-whys/ A walk-through demonstrating different methods to improve the font loading of the default theme on wordpress.​com. Given at @perfnowconf. #perfnow
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      Quick recap: * Self hosted fonts * font-display: swap to avoid invisible text * Reduced web font reflows from 5 to 1 * Used preload to load two fonts before first render * Used font-synthesis to further reduce impact of reflow * Improved font load finish on 3G by about 750ms