| // Get binary file using XMLHttpRequest | |
| function getBinary(file) { | |
| var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); | |
| xhr.open("GET", file, false); | |
| xhr.overrideMimeType("text/plain; charset=x-user-defined"); | |
| xhr.send(null); | |
| return xhr.responseText; | |
| } | |
| // Base64 encode binary string |
Google Chrome Developers says:
The new WOFF 2.0 Web Font compression format offers a 30% average gain over WOFF 1.0 (up to 50%+ in some cases). WOFF 2.0 is available since Chrome 36 and Opera 23.
Some examples of file size differences: WOFF vs. WOFF2