WorkTypography, 70% lighter

Typography, 70% lighter

While unifying the type hierarchy for Shop and Outlet, we hit a problem that wasn’t visual at all. Brand fonts were heavy, expensive to distribute and slowing pages down. The answer wasn’t fewer styles, it was a different architecture.

Client
Mango · Terra
Role
Design System Specialist
Year
2025
Team
Design system + front-end developers
  • −70%Total font weight served
  • 300-600 msEstimated faster load, especially on first visits
  • 2 TB+Monthly font traffic that was being over-served

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