W3C work

[Dave Pawson]

http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-WOFF-20100727/

This format was designed to provide lightweight, easy-to-implement
compression of the font data, suitable for use in conjunction with the
@font-face CSS declaration. Any TrueType/OpenType/Open Font Format
file can be losslessly converted to WOFF for Web use (subject to
licensing of the font data); once decoded by a user agent, the WOFF
font will display identically to the original desktop font from which
it was created.

The WOFF format also allows additional metadata to be attached to the
file; this can be used by font designers or vendors to include
licensing or other information, beyond that present in the original
font. Such metadata does not affect the rendering of the font in any
way, but may be displayed to the user on request.

The WOFF format is not expected to replace other formats such as
TrueType/OpenType/Open Font Format or SVG fonts, but provides an
alternative solution for use cases where these formats may be less
performant, or where licensing considerations make their use less
acceptable.


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