[OpenFontLibrary] What's the big deal about @font-face anyway?

[Karl Berry]

    You could always override other people's design choices in your own
    browser if needed:
    http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserContent.css
    http://uwstopia.nl/blog/2006/01/my-fonts-are-better-than-yours

All I want to do with font-face is disable it.  Is that possible?  I
looked at these links but did not see the answer.

I'm as cognizant of the need for good design as the next person, but I
simply have next to no bandwidth and I can't waste it on font downloads
happening when I don't ask for them.

karl