Baseline Widely available
The font-display
descriptor for the @font-face
at-rule determines how a font face is displayed based on whether and when it is downloaded and ready to use.
/* Keyword values */
font-display: auto;
font-display: block;
font-display: swap;
font-display: fallback;
font-display: optional;
Values
auto
The font display strategy is defined by the user agent.
block
Gives the font face a short block period and an infinite swap period.
swap
Gives the font face an extremely small block period and an infinite swap period.
fallback
Gives the font face an extremely small block period and a short swap period.
optional
Gives the font face an extremely small block period and no swap period.
Note: In Firefox, the preferences gfx.downloadable_fonts.fallback_delay
and gfx.downloadable_fonts.fallback_delay_short
provide the duration of the "short" and "extremely small" periods, respectively.
The font display timeline is based on a timer that begins the moment the user agent attempts to use a given downloaded font face. The timeline is divided into the three periods below which dictate the rendering behavior of any elements using the font face:
font-display =Examples Specifying fallback font-display
auto |
block |
swap |
fallback |
optional
@font-face {
font-family: ExampleFont;
src:
url("/path/to/fonts/example-font.woff") format("woff"),
url("/path/to/fonts/example-font.eot") format("eot");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: fallback;
}
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