FontBinary

`font/woff`

WOFF

Reference for font/woff, the Web Open Font Format providing compressed fonts optimized for web delivery.

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Expected extensions: .woff

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: font/woff

Associated File Extensions

.woff

Quick Facts

MIME Type	font/woff
Category	Font
Type	Binary
Extensions	.woff

Common Usage

WOFF wraps TrueType or OpenType fonts with compression and metadata for efficient web delivery. It was the first font format designed specifically for the web and is supported by all modern browsers.

WOFF typically achieves 40% compression over raw TTF/OTF.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.woff" type="font/woff">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="font/woff" src="file.woff"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('font/woff');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'font/woff' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    font/woff  woff;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type font/woff;
}