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font/woff2

File extensions: .woff2

Web Open Font Format 2 — the modern web font container.

What is font/woff2?

font/woff2 is the media type for WOFF2 — Web Open Font Format version 2, using Brotli compression to shrink web fonts by ~30% versus WOFF1. Every modern browser supports it, making it the current standard for @font-face delivery.

Typical usage

@font-face rules on modern websites.

Common gotchas

Must be served with correct CORS headers if hosted on a different origin. Preload critical fonts with <link rel="preload" as="font" crossorigin>.

HTTP header example

Response header

Content-Type: font/woff2

Reference

W3C WOFF 2

Related MIME types

font/woff

WOFF

font/ttf

TrueType (TTF)