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@font-face
descriptor, not a propertyfont-display-thing-whatever-loading
property with four values to be renamed later: block | swap | fallback | optional
block
shows blank, swaps in fallback at 3s, swaps in real font whenever it loadsswap
shows fallback, swaps in real font whenever it loadsfallback
shows fallback, swaps in real font if it loads before 3soptional
shows real font if it loads from cache (very short timeout), otherwise shows fallback; optional
allows UA to not continue loading the font for the next timecheck()
should return true and when it should return false. In particular instances of a misspelled font and a system font were heavily debated.