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A “flash of unstyled text” is the phenomenon in which a web page loads with the type set using system fonts before switching to the intended typeface(s). This delay is caused by the web fonts being downloaded to the user’s device.

Two abstract representations of FOUT on a mobile phone: On the left, the content is rendered in system fonts. On the right, the content is rendered in web fonts.

The effect can be prevented using the CSS font-display property but is not recommended because it hides the content, resulting in FOIT.