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Most sites aren't going to be demoing a bunch of different fonts like this. They'd likely pick one for headers and one for copy.

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I agree. On that same note, I would stay away from using a web font in your body. It'll render slow on smart phones if you have a fairly lenthy article. Not only that, it may not render as crisp, therefore causing a bad reading experience.

"I would stay away from using a web font in your body. It'll render slow on smart phones"

Why is that? I thought the system fonts would be TrueType or OpenType, and so use the same renderer as web fonts. Not that I know much about the technical details of fonts; is it possible to optimize a font for ease of rendering?

Also, they can be combined into one HTTP request.

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