Mobile connections aren’t as good as the usual desktop ones, therefore the download time of custom fonts can take up to several seconds. A good approach is to use the @font-face rule only for certain range of media and screens using @media queries. Unfortunately this approach doesn’t work for some browsers: all the versions of Internet Explorer and FireFox 10 and lower. This article discusses a solution for this problem that balances performances and hacks.
How to Solve the Problem of @font-face Inside Media Queries
