Web Open Font Format

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The Web Open Font Format ( WOFF ) is a container format for web fonts be compressed. It is intended for use on websites and is independent of the operating system can be used.

Properties

It was created by the font designers Erik van Blokland and Tal Leming along with Mozilla developer Jonathan Kew. Benefits of WOFF arise particularly in fonts that are downloaded from Internet sites, since the load times can be significantly reduced by the compression. WOFF support fonts that are saved in certain formats such as OpenType or TrueType. After decompression, the character set is again present in the original format. In addition, metadata can be stored in a WOFF file where you can store on the origin and the license of the font, for example information.

Dissemination

The first web browser that supports WOFF, Firefox from version 3.6. The development version WebKit2 implemented WOFF, so that Chrome version 6 and Safari followed by version 5.1 and Konqueror will probably follow suit. For Internet Explorer the support from IE9 was introduced and for Opera version 11:10.

WOFF 1.0 since December 13, 2012 Internet standard of the W3C.

Google supports web designers using the tool Google fonts. This can be provided in WOFF fonts are selected and it is generated, a corresponding code for integration into their own web sites.

Browser Support

  • Firefox V3.6 (January 21, 2010)
  • Google Chrome as of V6.0 (September 2, 2010)
  • Internet Explorer version 9 (14 May 2011, starting from Windows Vista available)
  • Konqueror for KDE 4.4.1 (2 March 2010)
  • Opera from V11.10 ( Presto 2.7.81 ) (12 April 2011)
  • Safari V5.1 (July 20, 2011 Mac OS X 10.7 Lion )
  • Other WebKit -based browser from WebKit Build 528
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