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Expand Up @@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ Several key trends observed in previous years have solidified:

- **Color fonts:** Despite growing support for color fonts (COLR/CPAL, SVG glyphs), they are still rare on the web. Aside from the use of emoji, few sites have taken advantage of multicolor glyphs. It remains an area to watch, but as of 2025, color fonts have yet to find a foothold in general web use.

- **CSS for fendering:** More sites are using the available CSS to optimize font loading and rendering. `font-display` is now specified on the majority of sites using fonts, reflecting a conscious choice about FOIT/FOUT. The dominant use of `swap` shows a shared priority for quick text appearance, with only icon fonts intentionally delaying for integrity. Resource hints like `preconnect` and `preload` are not universal, but a healthy minority employ these techniques, indicating performance-aware development practices on the rise. And while still niche, the adoption of properties like `text-wrap: balance` and `hyphens: auto` shows that even finer typographic tweaks are gradually gaining traction for improving text layout. In essence, web developers are more actively managing how fonts load and how text flows, rather than leaving everything to default. This is a sign of the ecosystem maturing, where front-end developers are treating typography with the same seriousness as other performance and UX aspects.
- **CSS for rendering:** More sites are using the available CSS to optimize font loading and rendering. `font-display` is now specified on the majority of sites using fonts, reflecting a conscious choice about FOIT/FOUT. The dominant use of `swap` shows a shared priority for quick text appearance, with only icon fonts intentionally delaying for integrity. Resource hints like `preconnect` and `preload` are not universal, but a healthy minority employ these techniques, indicating performance-aware development practices on the rise. And while still niche, the adoption of properties like `text-wrap: balance` and `hyphens: auto` shows that even finer typographic tweaks are gradually gaining traction for improving text layout. In essence, web developers are more actively managing how fonts load and how text flows, rather than leaving everything to default. This is a sign of the ecosystem maturing, where front-end developers are treating typography with the same seriousness as other performance and UX aspects.

Overall, web fonts in 2025 tell a story of convergence and refinement. We see convergence on formats (WOFF2 everywhere), on delivery patterns (self-hosting on the rise, though services still important), on widely used families (a handful of web fonts are practically core now), and on best practices (`font-display: swap`, preloading critical fonts, etc.). Refinements include better global language support, open-type feature usage, and new CSS capabilities to smooth out the rough edges of text display. So, the web font landscape is largely stable, but not stagnant. No single change grabs the headline, but collectively these developments make the web more polished and accessible.

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