Feature: load woff fonts

[adriaanmeuris]

I'm working on the multiline feature (#6), but I was wondering if there's any chance of parsing woff-fonts.

If not, is it an idea to use the woff-parsing of opentype, or would I lose better font support like stated in opentypejs/opentype.js#214?

[photopea]

A Woff file is just a zipped OTF file. After you unzip it, you can use Typr.js to work with that file.

I am afraid that if I add unzipping algorithms into Typr.js, it may become four times larger.

[adriaanmeuris]

No problem, just looking into how I could parse it myself. Would https://github.com/andyjansson/woff-parser be a good start?

[photopea]

That library looks like it needs Node.js environment, I am not sure if you can run it at client side.

I would look into WOFF file specification first, then unzipped it with a ZIP library to get a OTF file.

[adriaanmeuris]

alright, thanks for your tips!

[dhowe]

Any solution on this one @adriaanmeuris ? Looking to do the same here...

[photopea]

I have already implemented the support for WOFF into Typr.js, it will be published here on github within the next two weeks.

[dhowe]

great news -- looking forward to it

[dhowe]

can we re-open this, so that we can track when its ready ?

[photopea]

WOFF fonts are supported by the latest release of Typr.js. Just give it a WOFF file as if it was a TTF file. It requires pako.js for Deflate decompression. It supports only WOFF and not WOFF2.