How to include a font .ttf using CSS? - html

Question

I want to include a global font for my page. I downloaded a .ttf file, and included it in my CSS, but my font won't change.
Here's my code:
#font-face {
font-family: 'oswald';
src: url('/font/oswald.regular.ttf');
}
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, b, u, i, center, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, canvas, details, embed, figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video {
margin:0;
padding:0;
border:0;
font-size:100%;
font:inherit;
font-family: oswald;
vertical-align:baseline
}
Where did I go wrong?

Answer 1

Only providing .ttf file for webfont won't be good enough for cross-browser support. The best possible combination at present is using the combination as :
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyWebFont';
src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
This code assumes you have .eot , .woff , .ttf and svg format for you webfont. To automate all this process , you can use : Transfonter.org.
Also , modern browsers are shifting towards .woff font , so you can probably do this too :
#font-face {
font-family: 'MyWebFont';
src: url('myfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Chrome 6+, Firefox 3.6+, IE 9+, Safari 5.1+ */
url('myfont.ttf') format('truetype'); /* Chrome 4+, Firefox 3.5, Opera 10+, Safari 3—5 */
}
Read more here : http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/using-font-face/
Look for browser support : Can I Use fontface

Answer 2

Did you try format?
#font-face {
font-family: 'The name of the Font Family Here';
src: URL('font.ttf') format('truetype');
}
Read this article: http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/using-font-face/
Also, might depend on browser as well.

Answer 3

You can use font face like this:
#font-face {
font-family:"Name-Of-Font";
src: url("yourfont.ttf") format("truetype");
}

Answer 4

I know this is an old post but this solved my problem.
#font-face{
font-family: "Font Name";
src: url("../fonts/font-name.ttf") format("truetype");
}
notice src:url("../fonts/font-name.ttf"); we use two periods to go back to the root directory and then into the fonts folder or wherever your file is located.
hope this helps someone down the line:) happy coding

Answer 5

Check the console to make sure the resource is loaded. Depending on file and folder structure, your url may be wrong. Notice the difference between:
src: url('/VT323/VT323-Regular.ttf') format('truetype');
src: url('VT323/VT323-Regular.ttf') format('truetype');
src: url('../VT323/VT323-Regular.ttf') format('truetype');