Web Open Fonts

The fonts that use a format called WOFF (Web Open Font Format) may be called web open fonts. WOFF is a wrapper for both the OpenType and the TrueType fonts.

If you wish to convert (wrap) your TrueType or OpenType fonts to web open fonts, you'll need the sfnt2woff utility.

WOFF is a font file format designed specifically for use on the web, which lets web developers use custom fonts that are not commonly available on users' devices.

The first version of WOFF (Web Open Font Format) was developed in the year 2009.

It was developed as a collaboration between Mozilla, Microsoft, and Opera Software to address the need for a standardized format for web fonts. WOFF files typically have the extension ".woff" and have become widely supported by modern web browsers.

The newer version of woff is more compact and called woff2.

For 'Frequently Asked Questions' on Web Open Fonts, like What is WOFF? Click here.

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Check Your Browsers

We have wrapped our main font 'Akhil HE' in a WOFF2 wrapper for this web-page.

This web-page contains text of a complex script (देवनागरी) rendered using our web open font. Please load this page (that you are reading now) in different browsers to compare and test their capabilities in handling the aforementioned font.

Ideally, every browser should display (render) all the text (English as well as Sanskrit) on this page using our font 'Akhil HE'.

A same-origin policy is enforced by some browsers, notably Firefox and Chrome. WOFF fonts must be downloaded from the same server per this rule. The server that hosts the fonts can override this limitation!

ॐ भूर्भुवः॒ स्वः॒

तत्स॑वितुर्वरे॑ण्यम् भ॒र्गो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ धीमहि। धियो॒ यो नः॑ प्रचो॒दया॑त्॥

ॐ भूर्भुवः॒ स्वः॒ तत्स॑वितुर्वरे॑ण्यम् भ॒र्गो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ धीमहि। धियो॒ यो नः॑ प्रचो॒दया॑त्॥

Sometimes English text is displayed using the browser's default font, which is not cool! Some smart browsers are automatically increasing the point sizes of DevaNagari script to (mis)match Latin (Roman) characters. Matching the sizes of various scripts should be left to the font designer (typographer) or web page designer. So the rendering by our font, which has proper matching of both scripts, suffers.

ॐ Om भूर्भुवः॒ bhoorbhuvaH॒ स्वः॒ svaH॒ ।
तत्स॑वितुर्वरे॑ण्यम् tatsa॑viturvare॑NNyam भ॒र्गो॑ bha॒rgo॑ दे॒वस्य॑ de॒vasya॑ धीमहि dheemahi ।
धियो॒ dhiyo॒ यो yo नः॑ naH॑ प्रचो॒दया॑त् pracho॒dayaa॑t ॥

We have put the above Nagari text in an embedded PDF file (generated by OpenOffice/LibreOffice) so that you can see text composed using our font! PDF renderer may not be using delta hints from our font and text may not be clear at small point sizes.

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Check the following PNG image for the correct rendering of the Nagari text using our font.

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Buy a License of 'Akhil HE'

If you use either Windows, Linux or Android; Click the following button to pay for this smart font in currencies like US Dollars using credit card or PayPal-A/c.

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If you want to pay via a bank / wire transfer or a demand draft in rupees (INR; ₹), click the following button to obtain our A/c info.

[The 'single user license' permits you to install 'Akhil HE' (or 'Akhil ME') on a single PC, Laptop or HandHeld Device (like Mobile) that you use. You can typeset and print documents using this font. You can give the printed documents (hard copy) to others.]

Following image shows some Hindi English text typeset (composed) as Vector Graphics (.svg file) using Akhil HE in LibreOffice. You may like to enlarge this graphics to appreciate it.

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