Text remains visible during webfont load

[fxground]

Hello,

XPro - Version 3.1.1

Change log says:
“The builders now use system fonts to avoid loading additional resources, allowing for faster startup times.”

Running the url through google page insights I still get this:
Ensure text remains visible during webfont load for a font “fa-solid-900.woff2”

Additional text in secure note …

My thoughts are that 3.1.1 should have prevent google insights from reporting this and wondering if you can help make that happen if I have xpro setup wrong…

Thanks

[matt]

Hey @fxground,

I think you’ve misunderstood what is meant in the changelog. We’re not referring to the fonts that you use on your website, rather we are referring to the fonts displayed in the Pro builders themselves. By using system fonts, it means that the Pro app itself may load more quickly.

The PageSpeed comment refers to a Font Awesome icon being utilised by the UberMenu plugin. You can see this if you hover over the link in the report and look at the URL being referenced. I assume it is specifically the angle down icon next to the top navigation items that it is taking issue with. This is a situation where really, the report is throwing out a false alarm, because the fix might be to set a backup system font to display whilst the Font Awesome webfont (the icon) is loading, but that’s not really appropriate or necessary in this case.

Additionally, it’s worth pointing out that this particular alert has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on your actual PageSpeed score. So if your goal is to improve the PageSpeed score, ‘fixing’ this will make no difference at all. You might find the following articles of interest/use:

What is PageSpeed Insights and How Does It Work?
Why you Shouldn’t Care About Google PageSpeed Insights

Hope this helps!