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Report Summary

  • 86

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    89% of other websites

  • 50

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 21% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 58

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    21% of websites

designingwithtype.com

Designing with Type: Devoted to the Art and Appreciation of Typography

Page Load Speed

511 ms in total

First Response

86 ms

Resources Loaded

355 ms

Page Rendered

70 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Designingwithtype.com page load time and found that the first response time was 86 ms and then it took 425 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only 5% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

designingwithtype.com performance score

86

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.4 s

97/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

44/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value1.4 s

100/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value1.6 s

100/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

designingwithtype.com

86 ms

dwtStyle.css

19 ms

doublenew.css

37 ms

mouseover.js

38 ms

position.css

44 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (57 requests) were addressed to the original Designingwithtype.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 2% (1 request) were made to S7.addthis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (130 ms) relates to the external source S7.addthis.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 14.7 kB (36%)

Content Size

40.6 kB

After Optimization

25.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Designingwithtype.com main page is 40.6 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 17.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 13.4 kB

  • Original 17.2 kB
  • After minification 14.8 kB
  • After compression 3.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 2.3 kB, which is 14% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 13.4 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 722 B

  • Original 4.3 kB
  • After minification 3.6 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Designing With Type needs image optimization as it can save up to 722 B or 17% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 111 B

  • Original 17.7 kB
  • After minification 17.7 kB
  • After compression 17.6 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 453 B

  • Original 1.5 kB
  • After minification 1.5 kB
  • After compression 1.0 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Designingwithtype.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 453 B or 30% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 45 (79%)

Requests Now

57

After Optimization

12

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 57 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Designing With Type. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

designingwithtype.com

designingwithtype.com

86 ms

dwtStyle.css

dwtStyle.css

19 ms

doublenew.css

doublenew.css

37 ms

mouseover.js

mouseover.js

38 ms

position.css

position.css

44 ms

nav.css

nav.css

43 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

130 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

21 ms

dwt_logo_79.gif

dwt_logo_79.gif

19 ms

bluBarTop.gif

bluBarTop.gif

20 ms

nav_SiteMap_page.gif

nav_SiteMap_page.gif

20 ms

bluBarSeperator.gif

bluBarSeperator.gif

20 ms

nav_Projects_off.gif

nav_Projects_off.gif

36 ms

nav_projects_Cooper_off.gif

nav_projects_Cooper_off.gif

36 ms

nav_projects_worldwide_off.gif

nav_projects_worldwide_off.gif

37 ms

nav_typefaces_off.gif

nav_typefaces_off.gif

39 ms

nav_typefaces_prefs_off.gif

nav_typefaces_prefs_off.gif

38 ms

nav_typefaces_studentdesign.gif

nav_typefaces_studentdesign.gif

36 ms

nav_typefaces_foundries_off.gif

nav_typefaces_foundries_off.gif

52 ms

nav_resources_off.gif

nav_resources_off.gif

53 ms

nav_resources_booksCraig_of.gif

nav_resources_booksCraig_of.gif

54 ms

nav_resources_books_off.gif

nav_resources_books_off.gif

54 ms

nav_resources_magazines_off.gif

nav_resources_magazines_off.gif

54 ms

nav_resources_orgs_off.gif

nav_resources_orgs_off.gif

55 ms

nav_typefaces_direc.gif

nav_typefaces_direc.gif

70 ms

nav_resources_sites_off.gif

nav_resources_sites_off.gif

71 ms

nav_openforum_off.gif

nav_openforum_off.gif

71 ms

nav_openforum_essays_off.gif

nav_openforum_essays_off.gif

72 ms

nav_openforum_items_off.gif

nav_openforum_items_off.gif

71 ms

nav_timelines_off.gif

nav_timelines_off.gif

72 ms

nav_openforum_feedback_off.gif

nav_openforum_feedback_off.gif

90 ms

nav_teams_off.gif

nav_teams_off.gif

87 ms

tellUsClear.gif

tellUsClear.gif

90 ms

facebook_100.gif

facebook_100.gif

90 ms

follow_bird_us-a.png

follow_bird_us-a.png

91 ms

yellow_bar_79.gif

yellow_bar_79.gif

89 ms

dwt_book_angle_main.gif

dwt_book_angle_main.gif

119 ms

ga.js

ga.js

7 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

nav_Projects_on.gif

nav_Projects_on.gif

21 ms

nav_projects_Cooper_on.gif

nav_projects_Cooper_on.gif

21 ms

nav_projects_worldwide_on.gif

nav_projects_worldwide_on.gif

21 ms

nav_typefaces_on.gif

nav_typefaces_on.gif

19 ms

nav_typefaces_prefs_on.gif

nav_typefaces_prefs_on.gif

21 ms

nav_typefaces_foundries_on.gif

nav_typefaces_foundries_on.gif

20 ms

nav_typefaces_student_on.gif

nav_typefaces_student_on.gif

40 ms

nav_resources_on.gif

nav_resources_on.gif

40 ms

nav_typefaces_booksCraig_on.gif

nav_typefaces_booksCraig_on.gif

41 ms

nav_typefaces_books_on.gif

nav_typefaces_books_on.gif

38 ms

nav_typefaces_magazines_on.gif

nav_typefaces_magazines_on.gif

39 ms

nav_typefaces_orgs_on.gif

nav_typefaces_orgs_on.gif

39 ms

nav_typefaces_sites_on.gif

nav_typefaces_sites_on.gif

59 ms

nav_openforum_on.gif

nav_openforum_on.gif

59 ms

nav_openforum_essays_on.gif

nav_openforum_essays_on.gif

57 ms

nav_openforum_items_on.gif

nav_openforum_items_on.gif

56 ms

nav_openforum_feedback_on.gif

nav_openforum_feedback_on.gif

57 ms

nav_teams_on.gif

nav_teams_on.gif

58 ms

nav_typefaces_direc_over.gif

nav_typefaces_direc_over.gif

76 ms

nav_timelines_on.gif

nav_timelines_on.gif

76 ms

tellUsClear_over.gif

tellUsClear_over.gif

91 ms

Accessibility Review

designingwithtype.com accessibility score

50

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

designingwithtype.com best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

designingwithtype.com SEO score

58

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Designingwithtype.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Designingwithtype.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

designingwithtype.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Designing With Type. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: