LanguageWOFF2
Web Open Font Format 2.0 package
File type: Font and typeface file
Files with woff2 file extension can be usually be found as font packages saved in the Web Open Font Format.
What is woff2 file?
File type category:
Font and typeface file
Date updated: June 27, 2025
File extension woff2 is used for the Web Open Font Format (Open Font Format 2.0). It was designed to provide lightweight, easy-to-implement compression of font data, suitable for use with CSS.
Any properly licensed TrueType, OpenType, Open Font format file can be packaged in WOFF2 format for Web use.
The WOFF2 format also allows additional metadata to be attached to the file. This is useful for font designers or vendors include licensing or other information, beyond that present in the original font.
The new WOFF 2.0 Web Font compression format based on the Brotli compression algorithm offers a 30% average gain over WOFF 1.0 (up to 50%+ in some cases). WOFF 2.0 is available since Chrome version 36 and Opera 23 and Firefox 35.
How to open woff2 file?
These font packages can be usually accessed by any modern web browser.
How to convert woff2 file?
Various font formats and archives can be usually converted between each other.
Associated software actions with the woff2 file
Software applications that can open woff2 files:
Glyphs (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
FontForge (Multiplatform)
Birdfont (Multiplatform)
FontLab Studio (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit woff2 files:
Glyphs (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
FontForge (Multiplatform)
Birdfont (Multiplatform)
FontLab Studio (Multiplatform)
Software capable of saving woff2 files:
Glyphs (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
FontForge (Multiplatform)
Birdfont (Multiplatform)
FontLab Studio (Multiplatform)
Software apps that import woff2 files:
FontConverter (On-line services)
Software apps that export woff2 files:
ttf to woff2 converter (Microsoft Windows)
FontConverter (On-line services)
Online font converter (On-line services)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving woff2 files:
Opera browser (Microsoft Windows)
Firefox (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Edge (Microsoft Windows)
Google Chrome (Microsoft Windows)
Google Chrome for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Opera browser for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Firefox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Safari (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Google Chrome for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Opera browser for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Firefox for Linux (Linux/Unix)