Change Google Fonts loading behavior to improve rendering performance #140
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Resolves #138.
This change prioritizes retrieving the Lato font from Google Fonts, improving the performance of content loading and reducing the risk of a "flash of invisible text".
The most dramatic impact was seen in Lighthouse testing on the login page, where performance improved 12 points between tests:
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In addition, "potential savings" on webfont load times decreased substantially:
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