Hi there,
On checking my loading times in GTMetrix, I’m seeing a really long loading time for woff2. In the waterfall section of GTMetrix (and of course, WebPageTest) it shows there is a block before woff2 loads. This doesn’t show in Pingdom but it does register in PageSpeed Insights. The block time flits between 200 and 500ms. The full path is:
/wp-content/themes/generatepress/fonts/generatepress.woff2
I have tried deactivating caching and minimizing plugins and the load time actually gets longer. I’ve tried an async js plugin and tried asycning and deferring but to no avail. The script loading before that was Google Analytics via the Caos plugin. When I deactivate that plugin, it makes no difference and the woff2 still blocks before loading.
Is there any need for woff2 to load at all? I’m using the System Stack font and wonder if there is a way to stop/remove the call to the woff2 file; and state the font directly in the style sheet?
Many thanks,
Catherine