perf(core): reduce Inter font swap layout shift - #3130
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Inter stylesheet adds fallback faces for weights 100–900 and sets Inter to use ChangesInter Font Fallback
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Bold editor text may look regular while Inter loads, or for longer if it fails. This is a bounded visual defect; use bold local faces before merging if possible. Architecture SummaryArchitecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change affects 2 systems. Changed systems: Architecture concerns Review detailsSystems and components
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In `@packages/core/src/fonts/inter.css`:
- Around line 183-188: Update the Inter fallback `@font-face` rules for
font-weight 700, 800, and 900 to use local bold face names instead of regular
local faces, so bold fallback text uses bold glyphs; leave other weight rules
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| src: local("Arial"), local("Arimo"), local("Liberation Sans"); | ||
| size-adjust: 110.4849%; | ||
| ascent-override: 87.6817%; | ||
| descent-override: 21.8561%; | ||
| line-gap-override: 0%; | ||
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<excerpt>The particular font face used to render a character is determined by the font family and other font properties that apply to a given element. This structure allows settings to be varied independently of each other. ... This property specifies a prioritized list of font family names or generic family names. A font family defines a set of faces that vary in weight, width or slope. CSS uses the combination of a family name with other font properties to select an individual face. Using this selection mechanism, rather than selecting a face via the style name as is often done in design applications, allows some degree of regularity in textual display when fallback occurs. ... Component values are a comma-separated list indicating alternatives. A user agent iterates through the list of family names until it matches an available font that contains a glyph for the character to be rendered. (See § 5.3 Cluster matching.) This allows for differences in available fonts across platforms and for differences in the range of characters supported by individual fonts. ... There are three types of font family names, two of which may be used with this property: : The name of a font family, such as Helvetica or Verdana in the previous example. This might be a locally-instaled font, or might be a web font. : Each keyword represents a generic font choice, and behaves as a potential alias for one or more locally-installed fonts belonging to the specified generic font category. A can thus be used as a fallback for when an author’s more specific font choices are not available. There are three types of generic family: ... 1. Generics which apply to all Unicode characters and will always match a locally installed font. For example, monospace. 2. Generics which apply to all Unicode characters but may not match to a locally installed font on some systems. For example, ui-rounded. 3. Generics which are writing-system specific, only apply to a subset of Unicode characters, and may not match to a locally installed font on some systems. For example, generic(fangsong). ... The set of generic family keywords is defined in § ... .1. ... . : A ... system font, whose use is subject to certain constraints. In particular, it may not be used with the font-family property, but can be used with the font shorthand. The following ... refer to system fonts: ... Font family names other than generic families or system font families must either be given quoted as s, or unquoted as a sequence of one or more. ... of the same ... #### 2.1.4. Relationship Between Faces and Families A font family name only specifies a name given to a set of font faces; it does not specify an individual face. For example, given the availability of the fonts below, Futura would match but Futura Medium would not: Family and individual face names ... Note: The CSS definition of font attributes used for selection are explicitly not intended to define a font taxonomy. A type designer’s idea of a family can often extend to a set of faces that vary along axes other than just the standard axes of weight (font-weight), width (font-width), and slant (font-style). A family can vary along axes that are unique to that family. The CSS font selection mechanism merely provides a way to determine the “closest” match when substitution is necessary. ... See § 5.1 Localized name matching below for information on how font-family names are matched. ... font family is a font family which has a standard name (as defined by CSS), but which is an alias for an existing installed font family present on ... system. However, a single generic font family ... be a composite face combining different typefaces based on such things as the Unicode range of the character, the content language of the containing element, user preferences, system settings, etc. Different generic font families may map to the same used font. ... ### 2.2. Font weight: the font-weight property ... | Name: | font-weight | | --- | --- | | Value: | | bolder...</excerpt>
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<excerpt>The particular font face used to render a character is determined by the font family and other font properties that apply to a given element. This structure allows settings to be varied independently of each other. ... This property specifies a prioritized list of font family names or generic family names. A font family defines a set of faces that vary in weight, width or slope. CSS uses the combination of a family name with other font properties to select an individual face. Using this selection mechanism, rather than selecting a face via the style name as is often done in design applications, allows some degree of regularity in textual display when fallback occurs. ... Component values are a comma-separated list indicating alternatives. A user agent iterates through the list of family names until it matches an available font that contains a glyph for the character to be rendered. (See § 5.3 Cluster matching.) This allows for differences in available fonts across platforms and for differences in the range of characters supported by individual fonts. ... There are three types of font family names, two of which may be used with this property: : The name of a font family, such as Helvetica or Verdana in the previous example. This might be a locally-instaled font, or might be a web font. : Each keyword represents a generic font choice, and behaves as a potential alias for one or more locally-installed fonts belonging to the specified generic font category. A can thus be used as a fallback for when an author’s more specific font choices are not available. There are three types of generic family: ... 1. Generics which apply to all Unicode characters and will always match a locally installed font. For example, monospace. 2. Generics which apply to all Unicode characters but may not match to a locally installed font on some systems. For example, ui-rounded. 3. Generics which are writing-system specific, only apply to a subset of Unicode characters, and may not match to a locally installed font on some systems. For example, generic(fangsong). ... The set of generic ... to certain constraints ... used with the font-family property, but can be used with ... font-family-name ... <string> | <custom- ... Font family names other than generic families or system font families must either be given quoted as s, or unquoted as a sequence of one or more. ... Note: this means that if ... really have a font whose name is the same as one of the names, or the system font names, or the CSS- ... be quoted. ... are quoted: sans-serif sans- ... -serif sans ... Font family names that happen to be the same as a font-family keyword value (e.g. CSS-wide keywords such as inherit, or keywords such as serif) must be quoted to prevent confusion with the keywords of the same names. UAs must not consider these keywords as matching the type. ... #### 2.1.4. Relationship Between Faces and Families A font family name only specifies a name given to a set of font faces; it does not specify an individual face. For example, given the availability of the fonts below, Futura would match but Futura Medium would not: Family and individual face names ... Note: The CSS definition of font attributes used for selection are explicitly not intended to define a font taxonomy. A type designer’s idea of a family can often extend to a set of faces that vary along axes other than just the standard axes of weight (font-weight), width (font-width), and slant (font-style). A family can vary along axes that are unique to that family. The CSS font selection mechanism merely provides a way to determine the “closest” match when substitution is necessary. ... See § 5.1 Localized name matching below for information on how font-family names are matched. ... A generic font family is a font family which has a standard name (as defined by CSS), but which is an alias for an existing installed font family present on the system. However, a single generic font family may be a compo…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<excerpt>a prioritized list of font family ... that vary in ... uses the combination of a family ... , rather than selecting a ... is often done in design applications, allows some degree of regularity in textual display when ... ### 3.2. Font weight: the font-weight property ... The `@font-face` rule allows for linking to fonts that are automatically fetched and activated when needed. This allows authors to select a font that closely matches the design goals for a given page rather than limiting the font choice to a set of fonts available on a given platform. A set of font descriptors define the location of a font resource, either locally or externally, along with the style characteristics of an individual face. Multiple `@font-face` rules can be used to construct font families with a variety of faces. Using CSS font matching rules, a user agent can selectively download only those faces that are needed for a given piece of text. ... Font family: the font-family descriptor ... This descriptor defines the font family name that will be used in all CSS font family name matching. It is required for the `@font-face` rule to be valid. It overrides the font family names contained in the underlying font data. If the font family name is the same as a font family available in a given user&`#39`;s environment, it effectively hides the underlying font for documents that use the stylesheet. This permits a web author to freely choose font-family names without worrying about conflicts with font family names present in a given user&`#39`;s environment. Likewise, platform substitutions for a given font family name must not be used. ... ### 4.3. Font reference: the src descriptor ... This descriptor specifies the resource containing font data. It is required for the `@font-face` rule to be valid. Its value is a prioritized, comma-separated list of external references or locally-installed font face names. When a font is needed the user agent iterates over the set of references listed, using the first one it can successfully activate. Fonts containing invalid data or local font faces that are not found are ignored and the user agent loads the next font in the list. ... When authors would prefer to use a locally available copy of a given font and download it if it&`#39`;s not, `local()` can be used. The locally-installed argument to `local()` is a format-specific string that uniquely identifies a single font face within a larger family. The syntax for a is a unique font face name enclosed by `"local("` and `")"`. The name can optionally be enclosed in quotes. If unquoted, the unquoted font family name processing conventions apply; the name must be a sequence of identifiers separated by whitespace which is converted to a string by joining the identifiers together separated by a single space. ... /* regular face ... Gentium */ `@font-face` { font-family: MyGentium; src: local(Gent ... ), /* use locally available Gent ... */ url(Gentium.woff); /* otherwise, download it */ } ... For OpenType and TrueType fonts, this string is used to match only the Postscript name or the full font name in the name table of locally available fonts. Which type of name is used varies by platform and font, so authors should include both of these names to assure proper matching across platforms. Platform substitutions for a given font name must not be used. ``` /* bold face of Gentium */ `@font-face` { font-family: MyGentium; src: local(Gentium Bold), /* full font name */ local(Gentium-Bold), /* Postscript name */ url(GentiumBold.woff); /* otherwise, download it */ font-weight: bold; } ``` ... Just as an `@font-face` rule specifies the characteristics of a single font within a family, the unique name used with `local()` specifies a single font, not an entire font family. Defined in terms of OpenType font data, the Postscript name is found in the font&`#39`;s name table, in the name record with `nameID = 6` (see [OPENTYPE] for more details). The Postscript name i…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<excerpt>This property specifies a prioritized list of font family names or generic family ... . A font family defines a set of faces that vary in weight, width or slope. CSS uses the combination of a family name with other style attributes to select an individual face. Using this selection mechanism, rather than selecting a face via the style name as is often done in design applications, allows some degree of regularity in textual display when fallback occurs. ... ### 3.2. Font weight: the font-weight property ... weight of glyph ... their degree of ... The `@font-face` rule allows for linking to fonts that are automatically fetched and activated when needed. This allows authors to select a font that closely matches the design goals for a given page rather than limiting the font choice to a set of fonts available on a given platform. A set of font descriptors define the location of a font resource, either locally or externally, along with the style characteristics of an individual face. Multiple `@font-face` rules can be used to construct font families with a variety of faces. Using CSS font matching rules, a user agent can selectively download only those faces that are needed for a given piece of text. ... the font-family descriptor ... This descriptor defines the font family name that will be used in all CSS font family name matching. It is required for the `@font-face` rule to be valid. It overrides the font family names contained in the underlying font data. If the font family name is the same as a font family available in a given user&`#39`;s environment, it effectively hides the underlying font for documents that use the stylesheet. This permits a web author to freely choose font-family names without worrying about conflicts with font family names present in a given user&`#39`;s environment. Likewise, platform substitutions for a given font family name must not be used. ... ### 4.3. Font reference: the src descriptor ... This descriptor specifies the resource containing font data. It is required for the `@font-face` rule to be valid. Its value is a prioritized, comma-separated list of external references or locally-installed font face names. When a font is needed the user agent iterates over the set of references listed, using the first one it can successfully activate. Fonts containing invalid data or local font faces that are not found are ignored and the user agent loads the next font in the list. ... When authors would prefer to use a locally available copy of a given font and download it if it&`#39`;s not, `local()` can be used. The locally-installed argument to `local()` is a format-specific string that uniquely identifies a single font face within a larger family. The syntax for a is a unique font face name enclosed by `"local("` and `")"`. The name can optionally be enclosed in quotes. If unquoted, the unquoted font family name processing conventions apply; the name must be a sequence of identifiers separated by whitespace which is converted to a string by joining the identifiers together separated by a single space. ... /* regular face of Gentium */ `@font-face` { font-family: MyGentium; src: local(Gentium), /* use locally available Gentium */ url(Gentium.woff); /* otherwise, download it */ } ``` ... For OpenType and TrueType fonts, this string is used to match only the Postscript name or the full font name in the name table of locally available fonts. Which type of name is used varies by platform and font, so authors should include both of these names to assure proper matching across platforms. Platform substitutions for a given font name must not be used. ``` /* bold face of Gentium */ `@font-face` { font-family: MyGentium; src: local(Gentium Bold), /* full font name */ local(Gentium-Bold), /* Postscript name */ url(GentiumBold.woff); /* otherwise, download it */ font-weight: bold; } ``` ... Just as a `@font-face` rule specifies the characteristics of a single font within a family, the unique nam…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<excerpt>The`src` CSS descriptor for the@font-face at-rule specifies the resource containing font data. It is required for the`@font-face` rule to be valid. ... /* <font-face-name> values */ src: local(font); /* Unquoted name */ src: local(some font); /* Name containing space */ src: local("font"); /* Quoted name */ src: local("some font"); /* Quoted name containing a space */ ... `local()` ... Specifies the font name should the font be available on the user&`#39`;s device. Enclosing the font name in quotes is optional. ... Note: For OpenType and TrueType fonts,` ` is used to match either the Postscript name or the full font name in the name table of locally available fonts. Which type of name is used varies by platform and font, so you should include both of these names to assure proper matching across platforms. Platform substitutions for a given font name must not be used. ... Specifies the full name or postscript name of a locally-installed font face using the`local()` component value, which uniquely identifies a single font face within a larger family. The name can optionally be enclosed in quotes. The font face name is not case-sensitive. ... The value of this descriptor is a prioritized, comma-separated list of external references or locally-installed font face names, where each resource is specified using`url()` or`local()`. When a font is needed, the user agent iterates over the set of references listed using the first one it can successfully activate. Fonts containing invalid data or local font faces that are not found are ignored and the user agent loads the next font in the list. ... Related at- ... `@font-face` ... | --- | --- ... | Initial value ... ``` <font-src> = <url> [ format( <font-format> ) ]?[ tech( <font-tech># ) ]?| local( <font-family-name> ) <font-format> = <string>| collection | embedded-opentype | opentype | svg | truetype | woff | woff2 <font-tech> = <font-features-tech> | <color-font-tech> | variations | palettes | incremental <font-family-name> = <string>|<custom-ident>+ <font-features-tech> = features-opentype | features-aat | features-graphite <color-font-tech> = color-COLRv0 | color-COLRv1 | color-SVG | color-sbix | color-CBDT ``` ... ### Specifying font resources using url() and local() ... The example below shows how to define two font faces with the same font family. The`font-family` is named`MainText`. The first font face has a regular font, and the second one is a bold version of the same font family. ... ``` /* Defining a regular font face */ `@font-face` { font-family: "MainText"; src: local("Futura-Medium"), url("FuturaMedium.woff") format("woff"), url("FuturaMedium.otf") format("opentype"); } ... /* Defining a different bold font face for the same family */ `@font-face` { font-family: "MainText"; src: local("Gill Sans Bold") /* full font name */, local("GillSans-Bold") /* postscript name */, url("GillSansBold.woff") format("woff"), url("GillSansBold.otf") format("opentype"), url("GillSansBold.svg#MyFontBold"); /* Referencing an SVG font fragment by id */ font-weight: bold; } ... /* Font-family is inherited, but bold fonts are used */ p.bold { font-weight: bold; } ``` ... Browsers should use a`@font-face` with a single`src` descriptor listing possible sources for the font. Since the browser will use the first resource that it is able to load, items should be specified in the order of your preference for their usage.</excerpt>
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Citations:
- 1: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts/
- 2: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-fonts-4/
- 3: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts-3/
- 4: https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/REC-css-fonts-3-20180920/
- 5: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/At-rules/%40font-face/src
- 6: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-fonts/
- 7: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/At-rules/@font-face/src
- 8: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/At-rules/@font-face
- 9: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/At-rules/@font-face/font-weight
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Use bold local faces for bold fallback weights.
local("Arial"), local("Arimo"), and local("Liberation Sans") identify individual local faces. The 700 fallback currently assigns those regular faces to a CSS font-weight: 700 face. When Inter is unavailable, bold editor text can therefore render with regular glyphs. Apply bold local face names to the 700, 800, and 900 fallback rules.
Suggested fix
- src: local("Arial"), local("Arimo"), local("Liberation Sans");
+ src: local("Arial Bold"), local("Arimo Bold"), local("Liberation Sans Bold");
size-adjust: 110.4849%;
ascent-override: 87.6817%;
descent-override: 21.8561%;
line-gap-override: 0%;
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
}
`@font-face` {
font-family: "Inter fallback";
- src: local("Arial"), local("Arimo"), local("Liberation Sans");
+ src: local("Arial Bold"), local("Arimo Bold"), local("Liberation Sans Bold");
size-adjust: 111.6798%;
ascent-override: 86.7435%;
descent-override: 21.6223%;
line-gap-override: 0%;
font-weight: 800;
font-style: normal;
}
`@font-face` {
font-family: "Inter fallback";
- src: local("Arial"), local("Arimo"), local("Liberation Sans");
+ src: local("Arial Bold"), local("Arimo Bold"), local("Liberation Sans Bold");
size-adjust: 112.795%;
ascent-override: 85.8859%;
descent-override: 21.4085%;
line-gap-override: 0%;
font-weight: 900;
font-style: normal;
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In `@packages/core/src/fonts/inter.css` around lines 183 - 188, Update the Inter
fallback `@font-face` rules for font-weight 700, 800, and 900 to use local bold
face names instead of regular local faces, so bold fallback text uses bold
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interesting, lots of stuff I didn't know. What made you run into this?
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I saw a talk by @danielroe who makes Fontaine while in ZurichJS, it turns out that you can get one font to mimic another font by playing with the font metrics to get them to generally be the same shape, so when loading a webfont you can almost eliminate layout shift from fonts. Which I thought was a very easy win for BlockNote since we only have the one font. Wasn't worth integrating it into the build pipeline since we know it will only ever be the one font, but if we decide more later, we can just add a vite plugin for it |
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font-display: swap; no runtime or package dependency.Evidence
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