Two releases. One theme: less layout shift, more magic. Fonts are one of those things that can make or break a page’s perceived performance. Get them right, and your site feels snappy and polished. Get them wrong, and visitors are treated to a lovely jumpy layout every time a page loads — which, as it…
With 4-20 coming up, you have no idea how hard it was to ship this as v5.0 instead of v4.2.0. 🌿 But here we are. Professional as ever. Let’s talk about fonts. Specifically, let’s talk about the ones quietly hitchhiking on your pages — loaded, parsed, and then completely ignored by the browser. Dead weight….
Preloading above-the-fold-fonts is a headache for many. You know the drill: fonts are a part of your website’s (corporate) identity yet they are often overlooked when optimizing for performance. Compression is important, not overdoing it is, too. I think, for the average user, to preload above-the-fold fonts is the most difficult step, yet it’s the…
My users are observant people. One of my loyal users recently made me aware of the fact that Elementor Pro 3.24 introduced Variable Fonts support in their Custom Fonts feature. So, I was asked to compare the free version of OMGF to this shiny new feature. And as always; you ask, I deliver.
Last week WP 6.5 was released, introducing the Font Manager among other things. Helping an old lady cross the street, that’s what it felt like to add Font Manager support to OMGF Pro v3.12. The Font Manager’s performance was severely lacking, so I decided that OMGF Pro should be the hero to save the day….
With WordPress 6.5 set for release tomorrow, you must’ve been wondering about its fancy, new Font Manager and if it can replace OMGF and/or OMGF Pro. I’ve kept an eye on its development for the past months and I figured now was the right time to publish my findings.