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The deferred font loading logic for Smashing Magazine. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
<script type="text/javascript">
(function () {
"use strict";
// once cached, the css file is stored on the client forever unless
// the URL below is changed. Any change will invalidate the cache
var css_href = './index_files/web-fonts.css';
// a simple event handler wrapper
function on(el, ev, callback) {
if (el.addEventListener) {
el.addEventListener(ev, callback, false);
} else if (el.attachEvent) {
el.attachEvent("on" + ev, callback);
}
}
// if we have the fonts in localStorage or if we've cached them using the native batrowser cache
if ((window.localStorage && localStorage.font_css_cache) || document.cookie.indexOf('font_css_cache') > -1){
// just use the cached version
injectFontsStylesheet();
} else {
// otherwise, don't block the loading of the page; wait until it's done.
on(window, "load", injectFontsStylesheet);
}
// quick way to determine whether a css file has been cached locally
function fileIsCached(href) {
return window.localStorage && localStorage.font_css_cache && (localStorage.font_css_cache_file === href);
}
// time to get the actual css file
function injectFontsStylesheet() {
// if this is an older browser
if (!window.localStorage || !window.XMLHttpRequest) {
var stylesheet = document.createElement('link');
stylesheet.href = css_href;
stylesheet.rel = 'stylesheet';
stylesheet.type = 'text/css';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(stylesheet);
// just use the native browser cache
// this requires a good expires header on the server
document.cookie = "font_css_cache";
// if this isn't an old browser
} else {
// use the cached version if we already have it
if (fileIsCached(css_href)) {
injectRawStyle(localStorage.font_css_cache);
// otherwise, load it with ajax
} else {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("GET", css_href, true);
// cater for IE8 which does not support addEventListener or attachEvent on XMLHttpRequest
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
// once we have the content, quickly inject the css rules
injectRawStyle(xhr.responseText);
// and cache the text content for further use
// notice that this overwrites anything that might have already been previously cached
localStorage.font_css_cache = xhr.responseText;
localStorage.font_css_cache_file = css_href;
}
};
xhr.send();
}
}
}
// this is the simple utitily that injects the cached or loaded css text
function injectRawStyle(text) {
var style = document.createElement('style');
// cater for IE8 which doesn't support style.innerHTML
style.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
if (style.styleSheet) {
style.styleSheet.cssText = text;
} else {
style.innerHTML = text;
}
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(style);
}
}());
</script>
@tigranpetrossian
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Is there a way to do the same with just font files without combining them into a base encoded CSS file? Some web-font providers unfortunately don't allow to do that even if you're self hosting.

@kurtextrem
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Take a look at my version, which is much more versatile: https://github.com/kurtextrem/localFont/blob/gh-pages/launcher.html
(I'd recommend to use a conditional for IE8 instead of loading it through the script though)

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