Google Font Increasing Page Load Times

Hi,

I hope you're doing great. So, I use crimson text on my blog, but as it turns out, it's increasing the page load times. Google Pagespeed Insight says that I can save up to 780ms by fixing the font. When I change the font family to a non-Google font, say Arial, the page speed improves drastically. However, the website doesn't look good with system fonts.

How can I use Google fonts in such a way that they do not block the first paint of the page?

This is the problem:

URL: /css?family=…(fonts.googleapis.com)
Transfer size - 1.1 KiB
Potential savings - 780 ms

Any help is appreciated, thanks!