CSS2 specification introduced the @font-face rule to enable non common font support on websites. Most modern browsers recognize the rule, but the format support is not yet uniformized. Here is a comparison of the different font format and their support in the main browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome...).
Related comparison table: comparison-of-web-fonts-solutions
Link | EOT | SVG | SVGZ | TrueType | WOFF | WOFF2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | Nein | Nein deprecated | Nein deprecated | Ja Chrome 4+ | Ja Chrome 6+ | Ja 43+ |
| Microsoft Edge | Ja | Nein | Nein | - 12+ partial | Ja 12+ | Nein |
| Internet Explorer | Ja IE4+ | Nein | Nein | - 9+ partial | Ja IE9+ | Nein |
| Firefox | Nein | Nein | Nein | Ja FF3.5+ | Ja FF3.6+ | Ja 39+ |
| Safari | Nein | Ja | Ja | Ja Safari 3.1+ | Ja Safari 5.1+ | Nein |
| Opera | Nein | Nein deprecated | Nein deprecated | Ja 10.1+ | Ja Opera 11.10+ | Ja 31+ |
| Mobile support | ||||||
| iPhone | Nein | Ja | Nein | Ja 4.3+ | Ja | Nein |
| iPad | Nein | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja | Nein |
| Android | Nein | Nein | Nein | Ja Android 2.2+ | Ja Android 4.4.4+ | Ja 44+ |
| Resources | ||||||
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... |
| Webseite | microsoft.com/... | www.w3.org/... | www.w3.org/... | apple.com/... | www.w3.org/... | www.w3.org/... |
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