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CSS Modular CSS with Sass Getting Modular with Mixins and Functions Pixels to Em Function

Anwar Rizalman
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Anwar Rizalman
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Regarding @import for font style

I have always been using the <link> element tag in the html when I use the google font. But since I have started doing these SASS courses I have seen the google font link being declared or written in the SASS file instead.

Is one of this way better than the other?

2 Answers

Flor Antara
Flor Antara
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Flor Antara
Flor Antara
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Hi Anwar,

The difference is in performance.

When you load your fonts with @import, the browser has to go and fetch that resource, and until it's done, it won't continue parsing the CSS that's below that @import rule. It's render blocking.

When you <link> fonts (or any other CSS file), they will be added to the parallel download queue, meaning that the browser will be processing them at the same time. Helping the webpage load faster.

Flor Antara
Flor Antara
12,372 Points
Flor Antara
Flor Antara
12,372 Points

Exactly.

I would say <link> is the most used one.

It's definitely the one I pick.