Update Inter font and set display: swap (#2000)

The version of Inter is updated to use a variable font, which is supported widely among modern browsers.

Using `display: swap` means that the browser will render the text of the spec even before Inter is loaded, making the website appear to load faster on mobile.

Allow the browser to use the local Inter font if it exists.

assets/css/fonts/Inter.css

@@ -2,167 +2,62 @@
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Inter';
   font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 300;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-cyrillic-ext-normal-300.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0460-052F, U+1C80-1C88, U+20B4, U+2DE0-2DFF, U+A640-A69F, U+FE2E-FE2F;
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: local('Inter'), url(../../fonts/Inter-cyrillic-ext-normal.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0460-052F, U+1C80-1C8A, U+20B4, U+2DE0-2DFF, U+A640-A69F, U+FE2E-FE2F;
 }
 /* cyrillic */
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Inter';
   font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 300;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-cyrillic-normal-300.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0400-045F, U+0490-0491, U+04B0-04B1, U+2116;
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: local('Inter'), url(../../fonts/Inter-cyrillic-normal.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0301, U+0400-045F, U+0490-0491, U+04B0-04B1, U+2116;
 }
 /* greek-ext */
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Inter';
   font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 300;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-greek-ext-normal-300.woff2);
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: local('Inter'), url(../../fonts/Inter-greek-ext-normal.woff2) format('woff2');
   unicode-range: U+1F00-1FFF;
 }
 /* greek */
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Inter';
   font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 300;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-greek-normal-300.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0370-03FF;
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: local('Inter'), url(../../fonts/Inter-greek-normal.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0370-0377, U+037A-037F, U+0384-038A, U+038C, U+038E-03A1, U+03A3-03FF;
 }
 /* vietnamese */
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Inter';
   font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 300;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-vietnamese-normal-300.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: local('Inter'), url(../../fonts/Inter-vietnamese-normal.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+0300-0301, U+0303-0304, U+0308-0309, U+0323, U+0329, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
 }
 /* latin-ext */
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Inter';
   font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 300;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-latin-ext-normal-300.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: local('Inter'), url(../../fonts/Inter-latin-ext-normal.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
 }
 /* latin */
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Inter';
   font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 300;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-latin-normal-300.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
-}
-/* cyrillic-ext */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-cyrillic-ext-normal-400.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0460-052F, U+1C80-1C88, U+20B4, U+2DE0-2DFF, U+A640-A69F, U+FE2E-FE2F;
-}
-/* cyrillic */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-cyrillic-normal-400.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0400-045F, U+0490-0491, U+04B0-04B1, U+2116;
-}
-/* greek-ext */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-greek-ext-normal-400.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+1F00-1FFF;
-}
-/* greek */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-greek-normal-400.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0370-03FF;
-}
-/* vietnamese */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-vietnamese-normal-400.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
-}
-/* latin-ext */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-latin-ext-normal-400.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
-}
-/* latin */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-latin-normal-400.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
-}
-/* cyrillic-ext */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-cyrillic-ext-normal-700.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0460-052F, U+1C80-1C88, U+20B4, U+2DE0-2DFF, U+A640-A69F, U+FE2E-FE2F;
-}
-/* cyrillic */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-cyrillic-normal-700.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0400-045F, U+0490-0491, U+04B0-04B1, U+2116;
-}
-/* greek-ext */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-greek-ext-normal-700.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+1F00-1FFF;
-}
-/* greek */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-greek-normal-700.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0370-03FF;
-}
-/* vietnamese */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-vietnamese-normal-700.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
-}
-/* latin-ext */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-latin-ext-normal-700.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
-}
-/* latin */
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Inter';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  src: url(../../fonts/Inter-latin-normal-700.woff2);
-  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: local('Inter'), url(../../fonts/Inter-latin-normal.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+2000-206F, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
 }

assets/css/fonts/README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Inter.css
 
 `Inter.css` is a local copy of
-https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inter:300,300i,400,400i,700,700i, modified to pull
+https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:opsz,wght@14..32,100..900&display=swap, modified to pull
 font files (`.woff2`) from local sources. It was created
 using `download_google_fonts_css.py`.
 
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ load them. Example call:
 
 ```sh
 python3 download_google_fonts_css.py \
-  "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inter:300,300i,400,400i,700,700i" \
+  "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:opsz,wght@14..32,100..900&display=swap" \
   ../../../static/fonts \
-  ../../fonts 
+  ../../fonts
 ```
 
 Which would pop out a `Inter.css` file that should be `@import url("Inter.css")`d

assets/css/fonts/download_google_fonts_css.py

@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 font_lang = None
 font_family = None
 font_style = None
-font_weight = 0
 for line in original_contents:
     # Check if this line contains a font URL
     match = re.match(r".*url\((.*)\) format.*", line)
@@ -96,16 +95,17 @@
         resp = requests.get(font_url)
         if resp.status_code == 200:
             # Save the font file
-            filename = "%s-%s-%s-%d.woff2" % (
-                font_family, font_lang, font_style, font_weight
+            filename = "%s-%s-%s.woff2" % (
+                font_family, font_lang, font_style
             )
             font_filepath = font_output_dir + filename
             with open(font_filepath, "wb") as f:
                 print("Writing font file:", font_filepath)
                 f.write(resp.content)
 
-            # Replace google URL with local URL
-            line = re.sub(r"url\(.+\)", f"url({css_font_path + filename})", line)
+            # Replace google URL with local URL and allow the browser to load the
+            # local font if it exists.
+            line = re.sub(r"url\(.+?\)", f"local('{font_family}'), url({css_font_path + filename})", line)
         else:
             print("Warning: failed to download font file:", font_url)
 
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@
     font_style_match = re.match(r".*font-style: (.+);$", line)
     if font_style_match:
         font_style = font_style_match.group(1)
-    font_weight_match = re.match(r".*font-weight: (.+);$", line)
-    if font_weight_match:
-        font_weight = int(font_weight_match.group(1))
 
     # Append the potentially modified line to the new css file
     new_css_file_lines.append(line)

changelogs/internal/newsfragments/2000.clarification

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update the Inter font and allow the browser to render the page before it is loaded