Correct Apache AddType directives for font MIME types

 

I'm using @font-face for embedded fonts (thanks Paul Irish). In trying to fix Chrome's warning about wrong MIME type for woff fonts, I've discovered a mass of conflicting suggestions.

Everyone seems to agree that .eot fonts (for IE 6-8?) should be served using 

AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot

For .ttf fonts (older non-IE browsers?) I've seen 

AddType application/x-font-ttf        .ttf
AddType application/octet-stream      .ttf
AddType font/truetype                 .ttf
AddType font/ttf                      .ttf

And for .woff fonts (the new standard?) I've seen 

AddType application/font-wof          .woff
AddType application/x-font-woff       .woff
AddType application/x-woff            .woff

I understand the correct MIME type for woff will be application/font-woff, but until the standard is official, application/x-font-woff is understood by Chrome.

I realise I've half answered my question in asking it, but the question is really: is there any authoritative guidance or further advice about what MIME types should be used for fonts?

Update (in case it's of any help to anyone else): since there seems to be nothing authoritative, I've settled on using the following font MIME types in my .htaccess (which at least keeps Chrome happy): 

AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
AddType application/x-font-ttf        .ttf
AddType application/x-font-woff       .woff

Usually, MIME types come from RFC. You have a exhaustive list on the IANA site but none refers to the font extensions. Moreover, document describing WOFF format is draft and does not refer to the mime type to use. No reliable reference on the subject seems to exist for now.

Update

The W3C has now released WOFF as a recommendation, and in Appendix B defined the MIME type as application/font-woff . It's also been added to the IANA site that you mentioned now. -GKFX

我意识到这个问题是旧的，但对于任何正在寻找快速复制/粘贴的用户来添加字体MIME类型到他们的.htaccess中： 

<IfModule mod_mime.c>
    AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject    .eot
    AddType application/x-font-opentype      .otf
    AddType image/svg+xml                    .svg
    AddType application/x-font-ttf           .ttf
    AddType application/font-woff            .woff
    AddType application/font-woff2           .woff2
</IfModule>

I just did some research on IANA official list. This appears to be the current state of the play as at May 2013:

These three are official and assigned by IANA:

  • svg as "image/svg+xml"
  • woff as "application/font-woff"
  • eot as "application/vnd.ms-fontobject"

    • These are not not official/assigned, and so must use the 'x-' syntax:

  • ttf as "application/x-font-ttf"
  • otf as "application/x-font-opentype"

    • It appears that the 'font' type does not exist, so any time type you see 'font/xxx' it is bogus. Possibly 'x-font/xxx' would be allowable, not sure. IIS8 ships with a couple entries like this. Not sure if MS thinks these 'font/xxx' ones are needed for compatibility, or if they just don't read RFCs :-)

    The application/font-woff appears new and maybe only official since Jan 2013. So "application/x-font-woff" might be safer/more compatible in the short term.

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