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Web Open Font Format
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<p>The Web Open Font Format (WOFF) is a <a href="/facts/Font/04Q7sE8J">font</a> format for use in <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">web</a> pages. WOFF files are <a href="/facts/OpenType/u0BfkC5I">OpenType</a> or <a href="/facts/TrueType/6kBap0kH">TrueType</a> fonts, with format-specific compression applied and additional <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> metadata added. The two primary goals are first to distinguish font files intended for use as web fonts from fonts files intended for use in desktop applications via local installation, and second to reduce web font latency when fonts are transferred from a server to a client over a network connection. </p>