Category: Font

font/woff2

font/woff2 is the recommended W3C font format for the web, utilizing Brotli compression to achieve ~30% smaller file sizes than WOFF 1.0.

MIME / CONTENT-TYPE

font/woff2

ASSOCIATED EXTENSIONS

.woff2

PRIMARY CATEGORY

Font

HTTP Headers & Web Server Configurations

Standard HTTP Response Header

Content-Type: font/woff2

Send this exact header in HTTP responses to instruct browsers how to decode and render the payload.

Node.js / Express / Web API

@font-face {
  font-family: "CustomSans";
  src: url("/fonts/sans.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-display: swap;
}

NGINX Configuration (mime.types)

types {
    font/woff2 woff2;
}

Apache (.htaccess / httpd.conf)

AddType font/woff2 .woff2

Ensure CORS headers (`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`) are present if web fonts are loaded across subdomains or CDNs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions regarding MIME types, Content-Type headers, and web server configurations.

The standard HTTP response header is: "Content-Type: font/woff2".