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Chris Lilley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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16 years ago, the first public working draft of Web Open Font Format (WOFF) was published. WOFF is how downloadable fonts on the Web went from "no-one uses it" to "most sites use it".

I reflected on this milestone in a blog post today:
https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/woff-1-0-a-milestone-on-w3cs-journey-of-fonts-on-the-web/

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