embedded font on website won't display in IE or Chrome - css

Question

I have the following font setup in the CSS for a wordpress based site I'm building and the fonts display fine in FF, but not at all in IE(9) or Chrome(latest).
/* =Typography
-------------------------------------------------------------- */
#font-face {
font-family: 'Humanist';
src: url('fonts/humanist521lightbt-webfont.eot');
src: url('fonts/humanist521lightbt-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('fonts/humanist521lightbt-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('fonts/Humanist521LightBT.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('fonts/humanist521lightbt-webfont.svg#webfontregular') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
#font-face {
font-family: 'HumanistIT';
src: url('fonts/humanist521lightitalicbt-webfont.eot');
src: url('fonts/humanist521lightitalicbt-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('fonts/humanist521lightitalicbt-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('fonts/Humanist521LightItalicBT.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('fonts/humanist521lightitalicbt-webfont.svg#webfontregular') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
#font-face {
font-family: 'HumanistBo';
src: url('fonts/humanist777blackbt-webfont.eot');
src: url('fonts/humanist777blackbt-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('fonts/humanist777blackbt-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('fonts/Humanist777BlackBT.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('fonts/humanist777blackbt-webfont.svg#webfontregular') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
When I need to use the font for an element, I just add font-family: 'Humanist', Arial, sans-serif;
The fonts are stored in the theme's directory in folder called "fonts".
Am I doing something wrong or missing something for it to work with other browsers?
Thanks

Answer 1

Internet Explorer 9 and less has some issues displaying .TTF files. It does not support embedded fonts via the CSS3 scheme without first converting into supported formats (.svg, .ttf, .eot, etc.). However, you can tweak your #Font-Face Syntax to support this.
With Chrome not displaying the correct font, this is due to different browsers having different needs. You can find more information in the second link in the more information below.
A side note as well: if your font is hosted on Google Fonts, embed a link into your website instead of hosting it yourself.
TLDR; need a comprehensive list of #font-face types
More information:
SO Question - IE problems with True Type Font files
SO Question - Font-Face problem in Chrome
Further Hardening of the Bulletproof Syntax - Fontspring.
Bulletproof #font-face syntax - Paul Irish

Answer 2

To use the font for an HTML element, then we need to use the #font-face rule of power full features of CSS3 that supported in many modern browser. CSS property font-family of HTML is used to defined the font name which we want to embed ans src property used to defined the path of the font to be embed.
#font-face
{
font-family: myfont;
src: url('(fontfile.eot') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('(fontfile.woff') format('woff'),
url('(fontfile.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('(fontfile.svg#(fontfile') format('svg');
}
div,h2
{
font-family:myfont;
}