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		quickthrower2 on June 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replaceme... I would guess they have a server nearer your client than you do.

marginalia_nu on June 19, 2022 [–]

Fonts would be served over the same HTTP/2 line as your main content though.

That's pretty much always faster than a new TLS handshake, regardless of roundtrip.

Gordonjcp on June 19, 2022 | [–]

Exactly this. The last mile is always going to be the slowest. Where you serve stuff from makes (almost) no difference).

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