CSS Web Font

CSS Web Fonts

The CSS @font-face Rule

Web fonts allow Web designers to use fonts that are not installed on the user's computer. When you have found/bought the font you wish to use, just include the font file on your web server, and it will be automatically downloaded to the user when needed. Your "own" fonts are defined within the CSS @font-face rule.

Different Font Formats TrueType Fonts (TTF)

TrueType is a font standard developed in the late 1980s, by Apple and Microsoft. TrueType is the most common font format for both the Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating system.

OpenType Fonts (OTF)

OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. It was built on TrueType, and is a registered trademark of Microsoft. OpenType fonts are used commonly today on the major computer platforms.

The Web Open Font Format (WOFF)

WOFF is a font format for use in web pages. It was developed in 2009, and is now a W3C Recommendation. WOFF is essentially OpenType or TrueType with compression and additional metadata. The goal is to support font distribution from a server to a client over a network with bandwidth constraints.

The Web Open Font Format (WOFF 2.0) TrueType/OpenType font that provides better compression than WOFF 1.0. SVG Fonts/Shapes

WSVG fonts allow SVG to be used as glyphs when displaying text. The SVG 1.1 specification define a font module that allows the creation of fonts within an SVG document. You can also apply CSS to SVG documents, and the @font-face rule can be applied to text in SVG documents.

Embedded OpenType Fonts (EOT)s

In the @font-face rule; first define a name for the font (e.g. myFirstFont) and then point to the font file. Tip: Always use lowercase letters for the font URL. Uppercase letters can give unexpected results in IE. To use the font for an HTML element, refer to the name of the font (myFirstFont) through the font-family property:

CSS Font Descriptors

The following lists all the font descriptors that can be defined inside the @font-face rule:

font-family name Required. Defines a name for the font src URL Required. Defines the URL of the font file font-stretch- normal (default) condensed

  • ultra-condensed
  • extra-condensed
  • semi-condensed
    • expanded
  • semi-expanded
  • extra-expanded
  • ultra-expanded Optional. Defines how the font should be stretched. Default is "normal"

font-style - normal (default) italic oblique Optional. Defines how the font should be styled. Default is "normal"
font-weight - normal (default) bold 100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900 Optional. Defines the boldness of the font. Default is "normal" unicode-range unicode-range Optional. Defines the range of UNICODE characters the font supports. Default is "U+0-10FFFF"

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