I did some more detailed research after asking this question, and so am adding this answer as a sort of addendum to Joonas', which was good but didn't answer my last question in enough detail for me: Transfonter also has a pretty good table about browser support: So, where does that leave us? There isn't a single format that works in all browsers, which means that we need to deliver multiple formats to provide a consistent experience Unfortunately, despite the wide range of choices, there isn't a single universal format that works across all old and new browsers: EOT is IE only, TTF has partial IE support, WOFF enjoys the widest support but is not available in some older browsers, and WOFF 2.0 support is a work in progress for many browsers. Today there are four font container formats in use on the web: EOT, TTF, WOFF, and WOFF2. There's a pretty good excerpt about the different formats in that article:
Is online font converter free download#
Just because you were able to download the image, doesn't mean you can use it to sell your company's aftershave.ĭ has a good post that focuses on web font optimization but has something about the basics too. It's pretty important to note that some fonts may have a separate web font license, which you may not have even if you own the font files. Google fonts serve you different formats this way too, it's just a little hidden. Web fonts need to be downloaded by the visitor's browser because if a font is not on your computer, you aren't going to see it.įont formats developed specifically for the web, like Woff are designed with small filesize in mind.
You don't need to do anything but tell the website to use that font. Some fonts are considered "web-safe" simply by being so common that every computer has them, like "Arial". What these web font generators do is just make your life easier by giving you the necessary css for serving the font to your visitors and converting your font to all file formats you need to make sure the font works cross-browser. A "web font" is just a font used on the web or on the browser.
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