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Convert WOFF2 to WOFF Online
Convert a WOFF2 web font to WOFF in your browser, for older browsers that cannot read WOFF2. The glyphs are unchanged, and nothing is uploaded.
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How to convert WOFF2 to WOFF
- Add the WOFF2 file, or several weights at once.
- WOFF is preselected as the output format.
- Convert, then download the WOFF file, or a ZIP with every converted weight.
A fallback for older browsers
Some older browsers, including Internet Explorer 11, can load WOFF but not WOFF2. Converting gives you a fallback file to list after the WOFF2 in your @font-face rule.
The font is unpacked from Brotli and stored with zlib compression instead. The letter shapes and OpenType features stay the same.
Before you convert WOFF2 to WOFF
- The WOFF will be larger than the WOFF2 you started with.
- Keep serving the WOFF2 to modern browsers. When it is listed first, they never download the larger WOFF.
Serving both formats from one rule
Keep a single @font-face rule per style and list the files in order of preference: the WOFF2 with format("woff2"), then the WOFF with format("woff"). A browser stops at the first format it supports, so the WOFF only travels to the few browsers that need it.
Preload only the WOFF2. A preload for the WOFF would make every modern browser fetch a file it then ignores.
The cost of the fallback
Going from Brotli back to zlib makes the file bigger. In our tests the WOFF was 27–44% larger than the WOFF2 it came from: Arial grew from 317 KB to 418 KB, Georgia from 112 KB to 161 KB, and Verdana from 81 KB to 103 KB.
That extra weight only matters for visitors who actually get the WOFF. Check how many of them you have before adding a second file to maintain for every weight.
If you do keep the fallback, convert all the weights together so the WOFF and WOFF2 sets always match, and download them as one ZIP.
WOFF2 to WOFF questions
Is the WOFF the same font as the WOFF2?
Yes. The converter unpacks the WOFF2 to the font it was made from and compresses those tables with zlib instead of Brotli. Outlines, hinting, kerning, and features stay the same.
Can the web font kit include the WOFF too?
The kit only contains WOFF2. Download the WOFF from this page and add it to the kit’s @font-face rule as the second source.
Do I still need a WOFF fallback at all?
Only for browsers without WOFF2 support, essentially Internet Explorer and some old embedded browsers. If none of your visitors use them, WOFF2 alone is enough.