Can we use Bitmap color fonts in browsers?

Tanveer Qureshi
Tanveer Qureshi Posts: 20
in Font Technology
Is it possible to use Bitmap color fonts in browsers? Vector fonts display in color as COLR export, so I thought, is there a way to see colors from a bitmap?

Thanks in advance!
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  • John Hudson
    John Hudson Posts: 3,717
    edited January 27
    It depends on the browser.

    There are two colour bitmap formats defined in the OpenType specification: Apple’s SBIX format and Google’s EBDT (CBDT/CBLC) format.

    You can use ChromaCheck to test what colour font formats are supported in individual browsers. Most support some mix of the various formats; some might only support one or other of the bitmap formats. I think it is still the case that Firefox doesn’t support either of the bitmap formats.

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