Cusom font with CSS - ONLY works with Internet Explorer - html

Question

I am making a website for a friend of mine. He is very specific about the font on the page.
I have downloaded a custom font from the Internet, but the weird thing; it's only working in Internet Explorer (what a suprise).
This is my code:
#font-face
{
font-family: eurostile;
src: url(../font/eurostile.ttf);
}
#font-face
{
font-family: eurostile;
src: url(../font/eurostile.eot);
}
And this is how I am calling the font-family:
p
{
font-family: eurostile;
}
etc... What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You'll need to format it in a cross platform style. Look here.
The problem is that different browsers support different font styles.
Something like:
#font-face {
font-family: 'fontMN';
src: url('/fonts/font_font-webfont.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
src: url('/fonts/font_font-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
url('/fonts/font_font-webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
url('/fonts/font_font-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
url('/fonts/font_font-webfont.svg#fontMN') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}
Would work.
You will need to acquire the formats that are valid for the browsers you're looking to support, as seen above.

Answer 2

Browser use different formats. IE uses the eot format, most use woff, but some use svg or ttf/otf.
Check this out:
http://www.fontspring.com/blog/the-new-bulletproof-font-face-syntax
You can create all these fonts by uploading a ttf/otf to fontsquirrel and using it's converter:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator

Answer 3

http://jasonlau.biz/home/css/embedding-custom-fonts-with-css
If you ever need to embed custom fonts in your website, this bit of CSS will accomplish the task. Follow the steps below to embed custom fonts in your website.

Answer 4

Use this tool to generate the font-face rule - http://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator.