@font-face not working with specific version of Internet Explorer 11

html css internet-explorer font-face

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Solution 1

This could be related to an issue with the Security Settings as described in this bug report.

In Internet Options go to:

The Security Tab
Security level for this zone
Custom level
Downloads
Font Download

If it's Disabled then you need to Enable it.

Solution 2

If issue is "@font-face not working with specific version of Internet Explorer 11"

Check whether your font embeddability: Installable

If it is not embeddability: Installable add installable font then it will work perfectly.

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RTF

Updated on February 16, 2020

Comments

RTF about 4 years
I know there are lots of similar questions but this situation seems really odd. @font-face seems to be broken for Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 7 Pro). Specifically, Version: 11.0.9600.17728, Update Version: 11.0.18.

@font-face is working fine for me on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera (both Linux and Windows, where applicable). In fact, it's even working on Internet Explorer Version: 11.0.9600.17633, Update Version: 11.0.16, also running on Windows 7 on a different machine I have.

There is nothing in the developer console to indicate that there is any problem fetching the fonts. I've simplified my html/css down to some very basic stuff to reproduce the problem. In the case below, neither of the custom fonts are working (for that specific IE version):
```
<html>
<head>
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="test.css" />
</head> 
<body> 
 This font should be Roboto Thin
 There should be icons below. If not, then font-face is not working.
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</body>
</html>
```
...and the CSS:
```
@charset "UTF-8";

@font-face {
 font-family: 'robotothin';
 src: url('roboto-thin-webfont.eot');
 src: url('roboto-thin-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
 url('roboto-thin-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
 url('roboto-thin-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
 url('roboto-thin-webfont.svg#robotothin') format('svg');
 font-weight: normal;
 font-style: normal;
}

@font-face { 
 font-family: 'typicons'; 
 src: url('typicons-regular-webfont.ttf'); 
}

p {
 font-family: robotothin;
 font-size: 26px;
 color: #666;
}

span {
 font-family: typicons;
 font-size: 30px;
 color: #0062A8;
}
```
You can find that code running here.
If I view that page using the version of IE causing problems, the text font will be the default and instead of icons you'll only see the letters in the span tags.

Given that @font-face is working in every other browser I've tested (even different version of IE 11) is this likely to be a bug with that version of IE, and is there anything I can do to fix or debug further?
- Huangism almost 9 years
 
 Which one is not working? typicons or robotothin ?
- RTF almost 9 years
 
 Both, so font-face seems to be completely broken.
- Adam almost 9 years
 
 Not a bug in that specific build of IE, but rather something to do with the settings of that browser (or perhaps the network that the machine is running on). I'm running 11.0.18 (build ending in 17728) and it's working for me.
- Arjan over 5 years
 
 For future readers: this might be related to HTTP cache headers; see stackoverflow.com/questions/31291414/…
RTF almost 9 years

It was working fine previously until the auto-update did its thing. So, IE disabled that font download option during the update to this latest version. Ridiculous. But would it not do the same thing for everyone else, causing font-face to break for everyone?
BSMP almost 9 years

I would think so, at least for anyone who did the update, but I don't know for sure.
gye about 7 years

I have the 'Font Downloads' enabled, but running [1]: redbrick.dcu.ie/~elzilcho/font-test/test.html sample codes from the link above still fails on IE 11 [1]: redbrick.dcu.ie/~elzilcho/font-test/test.html
Arjan almost 6 years

Same issue in an old Windows 7 VM with version 11.0.9600.18163, update version 11.0.27, KB3124275, which in the About dialog links to a January 2016 update which refers to an old security bulletin. However, at the office somehow the issue seems to have started this week for us. The font is loaded from a subfolder on the same domain, and has not changed recently. But maybe some headers did change.
Arjan almost 6 years

More fun facts: all fine in an installation of 11.0.9600.10035 with update version 11.0.66 documented as June 12th, which you mentioned to be troublesome in your answer. And problems for the very same website when accessed from another network with 11.0.9600.19080, update version 11.0.70, July 10th. So I guess it's something in our network that's causing issues, not the version of IE11.
Arjan over 5 years

Indeed, for us not related to any specific version, but to changes in the headers; see stackoverflow.com/questions/31291414/…