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[css-fonts] Allow UA to not download font hints if it would have ignored them

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Description

@zachleat proposed a uses-hints media query in order to have different @font-face rules (URLs really) to fonts with and without hinting data - which can be up to 50% of the file size, but is ignored on most systems (iOS, Android, Chrome)

https://twitter.com/zachleat/status/1127548970128019456?s=19

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Start with the issue text and the linked proposal about a uses-hints media query; no files or tests are named. Done means reaching a clear specification decision for how different @font-face URLs would serve fonts with and without hinting data.

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Tech stack
css
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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