@font-face

The @font-face CSS at-rule specifies a custom font with which to display text; the font can be loaded from either a remote server or a locally-installed font on the user's own computer. If the local() function is provided, specifying a font name to look for on the user's computer, and the user agent finds a match, that local font is used. Otherwise, the font resource specified using the url() function is downloaded and used.

By allowing authors to provide their own fonts, @font-face makes it possible to design content without being limited to the so-called "web-safe" fonts (that is, the fonts which are so common that they're considered to be universally available). The ability to specify the name of a locally-installed font to look for and use makes it possible to customize the font beyond the basics while making it possible to do so without relying on an Internet connection.

It's common to use both url() and local() together, so that the user's installed copy of the font is used if available, falling back to downloading a copy of the font if it's not found on the user's device.

The @font-face at-rule may be used not only at the top level of a CSS, but also inside any CSS conditional-group at-rule.

@font-face {
  font-family: "Open Sans";
  src: url("/fonts/OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff2") format("woff2"),
       url("/fonts/OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff") format("woff");
}

SyntaxSection

DescriptorsSection

font-display

Determines how a font face is displayed based on whether and when it is downloaded and ready to use.

font-family

Specifies a name that will be used as the font face value for font properties.

font-stretch

A font-stretch value. Since Firefox 61 (and in other modern browsers) this also accepts two values to specify a range that is supported by a font-face, for example font-stretch: 50% 200%;

font-style

A font-style value. Since Firefox 61 (and in other modern browsers) this also accepts two values to specify a range that is supported by a font-face, for example font-style: oblique 20deg 50deg;

font-weight

A font-weight value. Since Firefox 61 (and in other modern browsers) this also accepts two values to specify a range that is supported by a font-face, for example font-weight: 100 400;

font-variant

A font-variant value.

font-feature-settings

Allows control over advanced typographic features in OpenType fonts.

font-variation-settings

Allows low-level control over OpenType or TrueType font variations, by specifying the four letter axis names of the features to vary, along with their variation values.

src

Specifies the resource containing the font data. This can be a URL to a remote font file location or the name of a font on the user's computer.

To provide the browser with a hint as to what format a font resource is — so it can select a suitable one — it is possible to include a format type inside a format() function:

src: url(ideal-sans-serif.woff) format("woff"),
     url(basic-sans-serif.ttf) format("truetype");

The available types are: "woff", "woff2", "truetype", "opentype", "embedded-opentype", and "svg".

unicode-range

The range of Unicode code points to be used from the font.

Formal syntaxSection

@font-face {
  [ font-family: <family-name>; ] ||
  [ src: <src>; ] ||
  [ unicode-range: <unicode-range>; ] ||
  [ font-variant: <font-variant>; ] ||
  [ font-feature-settings: <font-feature-settings>; ] ||
  [ font-variation-settings: <font-variation-settings>; ] ||
  [ font-stretch: <font-stretch>; ] ||
  [ font-weight: <font-weight>; ] ||
  [ font-style: <font-style>; ]
}where 
<family-name> = <string> | <custom-ident>+

ExamplesSection

This example simply specifies a downloadable font to use, applying it to the entire body of the document:

View the live example

<html>
<head>
  <title>Web Font Sample</title>
  <style type="text/css" media="screen, print">
    @font-face {
      font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif Bold";
      src: url("https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/2468/VeraSeBd.ttf");
    }
    
    body { font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif Bold", serif }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  This is Bitstream Vera Serif Bold.
</body>
</html>

In this example, the user's local copy of "Helvetica Neue Bold" is used; if the user does not have that font installed (two different names are tried), then the downloadable font named "MgOpenModernaBold.ttf" is used instead:

@font-face {
  font-family: MyHelvetica;
  src: local("Helvetica Neue Bold"),
       local("HelveticaNeue-Bold"),
       url(MgOpenModernaBold.ttf);
  font-weight: bold;
}

Font MIME TypesSection

Format	MIME type
TrueType	`font/ttf`
OpenType	`font/otf`
Web Open File Format	`font/woff`
Web Open File Format 2	`font/woff2`

NotesSection

Web fonts are subject to the same domain restriction (font files must be on the same domain as the page using them), unless HTTP access controls are used to relax this restriction.

@font-face cannot be declared within a CSS selector. For example, the following will not work:

.className { 
  @font-face { 
    font-family: MyHelvetica; 
    src: local("Helvetica Neue Bold"),
         local("HelveticaNeue-Bold"),
         url(MgOpenModernaBold.ttf);
    font-weight: bold; 
  } 
}

SpecificationsSection

Specification	Status	Comment
WOFF File Format 2.0 The definition of 'WOFF2 font format' in that specification.	Recommendation	Font format specification with new compression algorithm
WOFF File Format 1.0 The definition of 'WOFF font format' in that specification.	Recommendation	Font format specification
CSS Fonts Module Level 3 The definition of '@font-face' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibilitySection

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`@font-face`	Chrome Full support 4	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 4	Opera Full support 10	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Edge Mobile Full support 12	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
WOFF	Chrome Full support 6	Edge Full support Yes	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 11.1	Safari Full support 5.1	WebView Android Full support 4.4	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Edge Mobile Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 11.1	Safari iOS Full support 5	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
WOFF 2	Chrome Full support 36	Edge Full support 14	Firefox Full support 39 Full support 39 Full support 35 Disabled Disabled From version 35: this feature is behind the `gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 23	Safari Full support 10 Notes Full support 10 Notes Notes Supported only on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and later.	WebView Android Full support 37	Chrome Android Full support 36	Edge Mobile Full support 14	Firefox Android Full support 39 Full support 39 Full support 35 Disabled Disabled From version 35: this feature is behind the `gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 24	Safari iOS Full support 10	Samsung Internet Android Full support 3.0
SVG fonts DeprecatedNon-standard	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Edge Mobile No support No	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`font-display`	Chrome Full support 60	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 58	IE No support No	Opera Full support 47	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 60	Chrome Android Full support 60	Edge Mobile No support No	Firefox Android Full support 58	Opera Android Full support 44	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`font-family`	Chrome Full support 4	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 6	Opera Full support 10	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support 2.2	Chrome Android Full support 18	Edge Mobile Full support 12	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support 3.1	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`font-feature-settings`	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 34 Notes Full support 34 Notes Notes The ISO/IEC CD 14496-22 3rd edition suggests using the `ssty` feature to provide glyph variants more suitable for use in scripts (for example primes used as superscripts). Starting with Firefox 29, this is done automatically by the MathML rendering engine. The ISO/IEC CD 14496-22 3rd edition also suggests applying the `dtls` feature to letters when placing mathematical accents to get dotless forms (for example dotless i, j with a hat). Starting with Firefox 35, this is done automatically by the MathML rendering engine. You can override the default values determined by the MathML rendering engine with CSS. Full support 15 Prefixed Notes Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: -moz- Notes From Firefox 4 to Firefox 14 (inclusive), Firefox supported an older, slightly different syntax. See OpenType Font Feature support in Firefox 4.	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Edge Mobile No support No	Firefox Android Full support 34 Notes Full support 34 Notes Notes The ISO/IEC CD 14496-22 3rd edition suggests using the `ssty` feature to provide glyph variants more suitable for use in scripts (for example primes used as superscripts). Starting with Firefox 29, this is done automatically by the MathML rendering engine. The ISO/IEC CD 14496-22 3rd edition also suggests applying the `dtls` feature to letters when placing mathematical accents to get dotless forms (for example dotless i, j with a hat). Starting with Firefox 35, this is done automatically by the MathML rendering engine. You can override the default values determined by the MathML rendering engine with CSS. Full support 15 Prefixed Notes Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: -moz- Notes From Firefox 4 to Firefox 14 (inclusive), Firefox supported an older, slightly different syntax. See OpenType Font Feature support in Firefox 4.	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`font-variation-settings`	Chrome Full support 62	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 60 Disabled Full support 60 Disabled Disabled From version 60: this feature is behind the `layout.css.font-variations.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 49	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 62	Chrome Android Full support 62	Edge Mobile No support No	Firefox Android Full support 60 Disabled Full support 60 Disabled Disabled From version 60: this feature is behind the `layout.css.font-variations.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`font-style`	Chrome Full support 4	Edge ?	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 4	Opera Full support 10	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Edge Mobile ?	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`font-weight`	Chrome Full support 4	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 4	Opera Full support 10	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Edge Mobile Full support 12	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`src`	Chrome Full support 4	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 6	Opera Full support 10	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support 2.2	Chrome Android Full support 18	Edge Mobile Full support 12	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support 3.1	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`unicode-range`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support Yes	Firefox Full support 36	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Edge Mobile Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 36	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.: Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.: Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
See implementation notes.: See implementation notes.
User must explicitly enable this feature.: User must explicitly enable this feature.
Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.: Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.

@font-face

SyntaxSection

DescriptorsSection

Formal syntaxSection

ExamplesSection

Font MIME TypesSection

NotesSection

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@font-face

SyntaxSection

DescriptorsSection

Formal syntaxSection

ExamplesSection

Font MIME TypesSection

NotesSection

SpecificationsSection

Browser compatibilitySection

Legend

See alsoSection

Document Tags and Contributors

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