Stoyan Stefanov How many bytes is “normal” for a web font: a study using Google fonts
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So here it is, folks, a web font file that supports extended Latin characters, your Às and your Ás and Â, Ã, Ä, Å... should weigh around 20K. Anything a little over (or a lot over) 20K is up to you to decide. Is the font worth it, can it be subset, etc, etc.
Here's the subset I used for some French sites I worked on, where there is no user-generated content (really safe with 276 characters):
!"#$%&'()+,-./+,-./0123456789:;<=>?:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^Z[\]^`abcdefghijklmnojklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~z{|}~€‚…ˆ‹Œ‘’“”•–—˜™›œ£¨©«®´»ÀÂÆÇÈÉÊËÎÏÔÙÛÜàâæçèéêëîïôùûüÿ £¨©«®¯°±²³´µ·¹º»¼½¾ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõö÷ùúûüýÿŒœŸˆ˚˜–—‘’‚“”„•…‹›€™
Here's the larger subset (375 characters) I currently use on my photography site, where I have many characters from non latin languages (Arabic, Berber, Chinese, Georgian, etc.), but still no user-generated content. The font weights 39 KB, and is updated regularly:
!"#&'(),-./0123456789:;?aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHIiJjkKlLmMnNoOPpqQRrsStTuUvVWwxXyYzZ °×Àà áâäÅåçèéÉêëÃÎîïñóôÖúûÄīœšƒʿάΉήαβΓδΕεηΚλμοÏστÏأابتدرسصطغـقكلنهويَÙÙ’áƒáƒ‘დევთიკლმნáƒáƒ სტუქყცწხჯá¹áº“‎–’“â€â€¦â´°â´³â´·âµ‰âµâµŽâµâµ”ⵙⵟⵢⵥ仔佛ä¿å‹•å£‡å¤§å¤©å¼µæ‹³æ³¢
The subset doesn't render properly here, because some characters are not supported by the font used for this site.
Jeff Frankl
Paul Calvano
Matthias Ott
