Wait for fonts to load before rendering web page

Question

I\'m using @font-face to embed fonts in my website. First the text renders as the system default, and then (once the font file has loaded presumably) the correct font render

Answer 1

Only IE loads first the font and then the rest of the page. The other browsers load things concurrently for a reason. Imagine that there's a problem with the server hosting the font or with the font downloading. You will hang your entire site until the font is loaded. On my opinion a flash of unstyled text is better than not seeing the site at all