TTF vs WOFF (Web Open Font Format)

• “TTF (TrueType Font) is a standard developed by Apple in the 1990s”
• “WOFF is basically a compressed TTF with metadata and browser support” (src)
  • developed by Mozilla in concert with Type Supply, LettError, and other organizations (src)

Browser support:

Each version of the format has received the backing of many font vendors,

also known as type foundries,^[16] and has been supported by all major browsers:

• Firefox since version 3.6^[17]
• Google Chrome since version 6.0^[18]
• Internet Explorer since version 9^[19]
• Konqueror since KDE 4.4.1^[20]
• Microsoft Edge
• Opera since version 11.10^[21] (Presto 2.7.81)^[22]
• Safari^[23] 5.1^[24]
• other WebKit-based browsers since WebKit build 528^[25][26]

WOFF 2.0, based on the Brotli compression algorithm (by Google) and other improvements over WOFF 1.0 giving more than 30% reduction in file size, is supported in:

• Google Chrome (since version 36),^[27]
• Edge (since version 14),^[28]
• Opera (since version 26),^[29]
• Firefox (since version 35)^[30]
• Safari (since version 10).^[31]

(src: Wiki)

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_typography

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