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Asked: 2026-05-11T21:09:41+00:00

I’m learning some CSS to tweak my project template. I come to this problem

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I’m learning some CSS to tweak my project template. I come to this problem and didn’t find a clear answer on the web. Is there a difference between using @import or link in CSS?

Use of @import

<style>@import url(Path To stylesheet.css)</style>

Use of Link

<link rel="stylesheet" href="Path To stylesheet.css">
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    In theory, the only difference between them is that @import is the CSS mechanism to include a style sheet and <link> the HTML mechanism. However, browsers handle them differently, giving <link> a clear advantage in terms of performance.

    Steve Souders wrote an extensive blog post comparing the impact of both <link> and @import (and all sorts of combinations of them) called “don’t use @import“. That title pretty much speaks for itself.

    Yahoo! also mentions it as one of their performance best practices (co-authored by Steve Souders): Choose <link> over @import

    Also, using the <link> tag allows you to define “preferred” and alternate stylesheets. You can’t do that with @import.

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