This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The
load()
method of the FontFaceSet
forces all the fonts given in parameters to be loaded.Syntax
result = aFontFaceSet.load(font); result = aFontFaceSet.load(font, text);
Returns
A Promise
of an Array
of FontFace
loaded. The promise is fulfilled when all the fonts are loaded; it is rejected if one of the fonts failed to load.
Parameters
font
: a font specification using the CSS value syntax, e.g. "italic bold 16px Roboto"text
: limit the font faces to those whose Unicode range contains at least one of the characters in text. This does not check for individual glyph coverage.
Examples
// returns a promise that will be fulfilled or rejected according the success to load MyFont // The code in 'then' can assume the availability of that font. document.fonts.load("12px MyFont", "ß").then(…);
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
CSS Font Loading Module Level 3 The definition of 'load' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
load | Chrome Full support 35 | Edge Full support ≤79 | Firefox Full support 41 | IE ? | Opera Full support 35 | Safari Full support 10 | WebView Android Full support 37 | Chrome Android Full support 35 | Firefox Android Full support 41 | Opera Android Full support 35 | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.