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  • WOFF File Format 1.0


  • This document specifies a simple compressed file format for fonts, designed primarily for use on the Web and known as WOFF (Web Open Font Format). Despite this name, WOFF should be regarded as a container format or "wrapper" for font data in already-existing formats rather than an actual font format in its own right.

    The WOFF format is a container for the table-based sfnt structure used in e.g. TrueType [TrueType], OpenType [OpenType] and Open Font Format [OFF] fonts, hereafter referred to as sfnt fonts.

    A WOFF file is simply a repackaged version of a sfnt font with optional compression of the font data tables. The WOFF file format also allows font metadata and private-use data to be included separately from the font data. WOFF encoding tools convert an input sfnt font into a WOFF formatted file, and user agents restore the sfnt font data for use with a Web document.

  • We are pleased to announce that WOFF File Format 1.0 is a W3C Candidate Recommendation:
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/CR-WOFF-20110804/
  • The disposition of Last Call comments is available at:
    http://dev.w3.org/webfonts/WOFF/DoC/issues-lc-2010.html
  • Patent disclosures relevant to this specification may be found on the Web Fonts Working Group's patent disclosure page in conformance with W3C policy:
    http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/44556/status
  • The Web Fonts Working Group expects to receive more comments in the form of implementation feedback. The Working Group believes it will have satisfied its implementation criteria by 4 October 2011 and will produce a preliminary implementation report following it's 13 September face-to-face meeting.

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  • Mr Vijay Kumar , vkumar@mit.gov.in
  • Dr Somnath Chandra , schandra@mit.gov.in
  • Mr Prashant Tyagi , tyagi@w3.org

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