"WOFF" and "Woff" redirect here. For other uses, see WOFF (disambiguation).
File format for fonts in web pages
Web Open Font Format
Filename extension
.woff
.woff2
Internet media type
font/woff
font/woff2
application/font-woff (deprecated)[1][2]
Magic number
77 4F 46 46 ("wOFF" in ASCII)
77 4F 46 32 ("wOF2" in ASCII)
Developed by
W3C
Type of format
Font file
Container for
SFNT fonts
Website
w3.org/TR/WOFF/
w3.org/TR/WOFF2/
The Web Open Font Format (WOFF) is a font format for use in web pages.
WOFF files are OpenType or TrueType fonts, with format-specific compression applied and additional XML metadata added.
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