Thanks, creme and Sweeter! I'm definitely going to keep it, but will research other tutorials when I have a chance and see if there's a better way.
I did ask my friend FaerieKat because she has an amazing amount of custom fonts on
http://faeriekat.wordpress.com/ and the loading is instant - but she pays
http://typekit.com for the service which I can not justify affording at the moment.