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by MisterKent 33 days ago
Do we really need to keep pandering to the people who block JavaScript and fonts?

At some point it's on them to live with their choices. And just from my small sample size (I doubt there's a large sample anywhere), those people are more interested in complaining about their self-inflicted woes than engaging with the content.

/rant

2 comments

As someone who blocks fonts (with exceptions for icon/symbol fonts, and don't block javascript), I don't really care for pandering.

I only noticed font choices when they were bad, since I started blocking custom fonts the web has become remarkably readable (and consistent).

How do you block specific fonts? Do you mean just the CDNs for like say google fonts?
The first few seem like sensible thoughts to me. What if the font doesn't load from the CDN for some reason?

Just add a font fallback.