I know this was asked multiple times, but I couldn't get it to work after trying them. This is the simple CSS I am using to import a custom font. Also, I am using this with bootstrap.
#font-face {
font-family: Montserrat-Black;
src: url(Montserrat-Black.otf);
}
It's not working in IE11 itself. Please help me out. Thank you.
Internet explorer use eot format (legacy) or woff.
See MSDN
Anyway i use this code for maximum compatibility:
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyWebFont';
src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('webfont.woff2') format('woff2'), /* Super Modern Browsers */
url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Pretty Modern Browsers */
url('webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
Try using .eot file format for Internet Explorer. Something like:
#font-face {
font-family: Montserrat-Black;
src: url('Montserrat-Black.eot');
src: url('Montserrat-Black.otf');
}
IE11:
If you are receiving the CSS3114 error code in dev tools, you need to modify the first bits of the font file. This will allow IE to install the font.
Npm Module:
You can use ttembed-js npm module, which will make the modifications for you.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/ttembed-js
Usage: ttembed-js path/to/Montserrat-Black.otf
If you're having this issue and your application is running on IIS, try to add the correct MIME-types in your web.config, as SO-user Martin Buberl explained in this comment
Since this question was the first hit in my search, let me offer the solution I found:
Paul Irish's Bulletproof #font-face Syntax
Or just use the generator at FontSquirrel.com http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator They also provide the "one CSS syntax to rule them all" in the font-kit that they create.
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Before marking this as duplicate please read through my doubts. I searched thoroughly on the web(particularly stackoverflow) & couldn't get the doubts cleared. This question may seem lengthy at a glance but it contains crucial issues which others also want to know.
I'm trying to gain a slightly deep knowledge in the bulletproof #font-face rule and the people out there are confusing me. Please suggest me on this guys.
So, here's the latest bulletproof code as suggested by Font-Spring (http://blog.fontspring.com/2011/02/further-hardening-of-the-bulletproof-syntax/) along with the IE9 compatibility mode issue solved:
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyWebFont';
src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
The one without the IE9 Compatibility Mode Fix, also by Font-Spring(http://blog.fontspring.com/2011/02/the-new-bulletproof-font-face-syntax/), looks like this:
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyFontFamily';
src: url('myfont-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('myfont-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('myfont-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('myfont-webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg');
}
Currently, I'm reading a book "The Book Of CSS3" by Peter Gasston.
It follows the bulletproof rule with IE9 Compatibility Mode fix as stated by the Font-Spring. He says that the rule with a query string ? in the second src property is responsible for IE9 Compat. Mode fix. But, font-spring holds the first src property responsible for IE9 Compat. Mode fix. I'm not able to learn this syntax without understanding it completely.
My serious issues are rather smaller. First of all I wanna know if only the ?#iefix can prevent the parsing error or it could be something like ?iefix (without #) or it could be ?xyz or ?#abc. Is it necessary to write exactly ?#iefix?
Secondly,
I can't feel how this #font-face rule gets parsed, how
IE8 decides which of the src
properties is to be used for eot font. And if IE9 has no issues with parsing even in the
compatibility mode, how will it decide which font-format to use? Will
the IE9 in compatibility mode break on query string font url & if not
then why not?
Can somebody tell me if I look at the whole bulletproof rule stated
above, how IE8, IE9 in compatibility mode, IE9 in normal mode & other
browsers will parse it? How will a browser decide from several fonts which one to use if it supports majority of them. What is the order in which the browser looks url values and src properties?
Is it like that an alone src property without any local() and
format() values and with a correct eot format will be accepted by IE8 and it will not go further
to the next src property in which other formats are defined? Or will it still go to the next src
property & download fonts from there?
If there will be a query string (?) in the next src property,
will IE8 (IE9 in compatibility mode considered as well) download the eot font two times? And if there will be no
query string, then will it accept the eot font from first property
and won't break or will it break & don't apply any custom defined
font even from the first src property?
Also, does IE9 in normal mode support eot format?
Won't the bulletproof syntax still work if I just remove the whole query string declaration like:
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyWebFont';
src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE6-IE8 as well as IE9 Compat. Mode */
src: url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
Won't the above still work in all the possible cases? IE6-8 will have the first src along with the IE9 in compatibility mode and all other browsers will follow the rest of rules.
Would the above rule suggested by me work same with the local() value as follows:
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyWebFont';
src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE6-IE8 & IE9 Compat. Mode */
src: local('MyWebFont'), /* To fix IE6-IE8 and IE9 Compat. Mode */
url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
Whether in IE8 or in IE9 compatibility mode, local() value will make them go away.. Would IE9 in normal mode use eot or woff from above rule?? If it does use eot, can we make a slight change to first src property like this:
src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('eot');
IE9 will ignore this property as it contains eot and move on further to use woff, am I right? Also, if I again make a change to this rule itself like this:
src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype');
Would IE9 now use eot format or still go on with woff?
This is all I want to know and yes I think these questions definitely need an answer.
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyWebFont';
src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
This is simply a trick to workaround the various IE* inconsistencies, with the first src you satisfy IE9, so if your viewer has this browser he gets this font, the second src doesn't overwrite the first one because IE9 isn't able to parse the 'webfont.eot?#iefix' string
About the second src of the rule: that is the "old" bulletproof syntax and you are already familiar with it. Please note that, as said in the blog post of Fontspring about the hardened rule, Microsoft fixed the bug in IE9 when using IE7 and IE8 render modes but they didn't actually fixed IE7 and IE8 so you still need this trick for these browsers.
A clarification about local(): this tell to the browser to use a certain local (i.e. on the pc of the viewer of the page) available font, if your viewer doesn't have it installed then he'll not be able to see the right font, for more info about this you can check this: http://www.paulirish.com/2009/bulletproof-font-face-implementation-syntax/#smiley
I'm having some issues with the font-face property. This code works in every browser, even IE8 and lower, but I cannot get it to fire off in IE9 or 10. I've scanned this board and google and have found a bunch of solutions, but nothing seems to wanna work for me. Here is my code:
#font-face {
font-family: din_light;
src: url('din_light.ttf?') format('truetype'),
url('din_light.eot');
}
Does anyone see anything wrong here..?
Researching others with similar issues, it seems to be that IE 9 likes to utilize the WOFF version of the font, even if you specify the EOT in another source URL like you have (when using multiple sources at once). Try the following code and let me know how it goes:
#font-face {
font-family: 'din_light';
src: url('din_light.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('din_light.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('din_light.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('din_light.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('din_light.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
If you don't have the other font types you can get them from webfont-generator (fontsquirrel)
Code above was found here: Fixing IE 9 #font-face problems
I have successfully used the font face declarations for two fonts and it works for all browsers except IE8 and below. I am using the code from http://www.fontspring.com/blog/further-hardening-of-the-bulletproof-syntax. The strange thing is on IE8, one font is working and the other is not.
Here is the CSS:
#font-face {
font-family: 'FreestyleScriptRegular';
src: url('freescpt.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('freescpt.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('freescpt.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('freescpt.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('freescpt.svg#FreestyleScriptRegular') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
#font-face {
font-family: 'GillSansMTCondensed';
src:url(Gill_Sans_MT_Condensed.eot);/* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('Gill_Sans_MT_Condensed.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('Gill_Sans_MT_Condensed.woff') format('woff'),
url('Gill_Sans_MT_Condensed.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('Gill_Sans_MT_Condensed.svg#GillSansMTCondensed') format('svg');
}
The FreestyleScriptRegular is not rendering correctly but the GillSansMTCondensed is. I have tried everything I can think of and every hack I can think of. I even used regenerated the eot file for the font concerned using a different application but it didn't make any difference.
Is there anything peculiar to IE8 that would prevent the second font from working?
Any ideas?
Thanks
The Gill Sans MT font is protected by copyright, and use as downloadable font via #font-face is not permitted. Some browsers technically enforce this legal restriction.
Consider trying to find a suitable free font instead, or a font that can be licensed for a fee for the intended use.
This may be keeping your CSS from rendering properly:
url('freescpt.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
There is an extra space between url('freescpt.ttf') and format(. Try removing that and see what happens. Don't forget to empty all caches.
Just from looking at the code you posted, the following does not have single quotations:
src:url(Gill_Sans_MT_Condensed.eot);/* IE9 Compat Modes */
while your code here does:
src: url('freescpt.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
Try removing the quotations to make it read as such:
src: url(freescpt.eot); /*IE9 Compat Modes */
Hopefully this will help you resolve your problem.
I'm trying to embed a font, the problem is that it is just displayed in Firefox but not with Internet Explorer.
#font-face {
font-family: capture_it;
src: url('fonts/Capture_it.eot');
src: local('Comfortaa_it'),
url('fonts/Capture_it.ttf') format('truetype');
}
Any help is very appreciated.
Thanks,
enne
Font-face syntax is tricky, particularly with IE. Please use the one we developed here, which is cross-browser tested. http://www.fontspring.com/blog/the-new-bulletproof-font-face-syntax
It looks like this:
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyWebFont';
src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
Different browsers support different font formats. You can generate all formats for optimal crossbrowser support with http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator.
The following is from the table found on the url included above:
TTF: Raw TrueType file, designed to look good on-screen.
EOT Lite: EOTs are only supported by Internet Explorer. This EOT type is uncompressed and is the same filesize as a TTF.
EOT Compressed: EOT compressed with LZ compression. File sizes are often smaller than WOFF.
WOFF: Cross-browser, web-only font format that uses gzip compression. IE9+, FF3.6+, Chrome 5+
SVG: This is an XML format required by iOS devices before version 4.2.
SVGZ: This is gzipped version of SVG.
Personally I'd use Google Fonts. If you can find one close enough to the one you want to use they're a really easy, quick and cross browser font solution. Moving away from Cufon to Google Fonts was a fantastic idea.
Well worth a look - http://www.google.com/webfonts#ChoosePlace:select
not exactly but close:
<style type="text/css">
#font-face {
font-family: MyWebFont;
src: url("font.eot") /* EOT file for IE (tested with ie8 and ie9)*/
}
#font-face {
font-family: MyWebFont;
src: url("font.ttf") /* TTF file for CSS3 browsers */
}
</style>
and make the eot file from: http://www.kirsle.net/wizards/ttf2eot.cgi
I'm sure I'm not the only one that this has plagued, but I can't seem to find a solution.
#font-face works wonderfully in Firefox, Chrome, Safari with TTF fonts.
as so:
#font-face{
font-family: "Apple-Chancery" ;
src: url(images/Apple-Chancery.ttf ) format("truetype");
}
However, I understand that to be used in Microsoft, the font has to be in EOT format, so I converted it using http://ttf2eot.sebastiankippe.com/
And my code looks like this:
#font-face{
font-family: "Apple-Chancery" ;
src: local("Apple Chancery"), url(images/Apple-Chancery.eot), url(images/Apple-Chancery.ttf ) format("truetype"); /* non-IE */
}
but it's not working in Internet Explorer. I've tried putting two difference lines for src: I've tried using a different converter, different font, and all no go. I'm using IE8.
Also, to use multiple custom fonts, do I need multiple #font-face blocks or I use line them up font-family, src, font-family, src, etc.?
How about using font squirrel to generate all your files and your code?
This may help you,
#font-face {
font-family:"Apple-Chancery";
src: url('../font/Apple-Chancery.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('../font/Apple-Chancery.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('../font/Apple-Chancery.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('../font/Apple-Chancery.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('../font/Apple-Chancery.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
font-weight:bold;
font-style:normal;
}
This page may be useful to you: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms530757%28VS.85%29.aspx
In particular, this line:
In Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions, only one URL value is supported.
I think what you're trying to do may not work right until IE9 is available. It'd be worth getting a copy of the beta (assuming you're running something newer than Windows XP) to test and confirm this.
You need to put the IE (eot) one on a separate line, before the other ones.
The correct declaration is:
#font-face{
font-family: "Apple-Chancery" ;
src: url(images/Apple-Chancery.eot); /* IE */
src: local("Apple Chancery"), url(images/Apple-Chancery.ttf ) format("truetype"); /* non-IE */
}
But that's probably not enough to cover all the cases, you're missing svg font type for older chromes, etc.. I'd recommend using the font-face generator from fontsquirel.com, choose the Easy option then check out the generate css file and copy/paste the code and converted font files
I second the use of Font Squirrel.
You could also take a look at my post Adventures with #font-face which might help you.
Simpy upload your font on font2web it creates a css file and a demo HTML file.
Hope this help you