Please note: This page is a showcase for a new way of displaying fonts on the web (WOFF). It will only display correctly in a browser that supports this specification, such as the latest development version of Firefox or the soon to be released Firefox 3.6. → Click here to a view a screenshot of the intended rendering.

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Erik Spiekermann and FontFont endorse woff

October 20, 2009 — ff Meta was originally conceived as a typeface for use in small point sizes. Against its intended purpose, ff Meta very quickly became one of the most popular typefaces of the computer era. It is mainly used in magazines, from the Normal weight in small point sizes for captions up to the Black version for large headlines.

However, now it’s time to use this typeface on web sites as well.

For this reason ff Meta designer Erik Spiekermann, the FontFont Typeface Library – the world’s largest collection of original, contemporary typefaces –, and the FontShops endorse the woff specification, with default same-origin loading restrictions, as a Web font format. FontFont expects to license fonts for Web use in this format.

We hope that besides the upcoming Mozilla Firefox 3.6 other browsers will join in implementing woff.

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Edenspiekermann

Edenspiekermann designs communication, with hand and heart. Our work is useful, thoughtful, surprising. Eden Design & Communication Amsterdam and SpiekermannPartners Berlin became Edenspiekermann.

FontFont

The FontFont Library was created by Neville Brody and Erik Spiekermann in 1990. Today, it is the world’s largest collection of original, contemporary typefaces. FontFont includes the work of more than 150 of the world’s foremost type designers.

Mozilla

The Mozilla project is a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the Internet. Since 1998, we’ve worked to ensure that the Internet is developed in a way that benefits everyone.

WOFF

WOFF (Web Open Font Format) is a new web font format developed by Mozilla in concert with Type Supply, LettError, and other organizations.