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I have three font type -Gotham-bold, Gotham-medium, Gotham-thin, so do I need to use three times @font-face?


Actually I have three files in the fonts folder. These are Gotham-Bold.ttf, Gotham-Medium.ttf, Gotham-Thin.ttf..... So do I need to use the @font-face three times for those three types. Please anybody help me.

I have currently used the code like the following:

    @font-face {
    font-family: 'Gotham';
    src: url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
    src: url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.ttf')  format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
     font-weight: normal;
     font-style: normal;
     }

     @font-face {
      font-family: 'Gotham';
      src: url("/fonts/Gotham-Bold.eot");
     }
    @font-face {
      font-family: 'Gotham';
      src: url("/fonts/Gotham-Bold.woff") format("woff");
    }

Thanks.


Solution

  • That is correct, you'll need an @font-face for each weight of the font you want to use.

    @font-face {
      font-family: 'Gotham';
      src: url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
      src: url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.ttf')  format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Bold.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
       font-weight: 700;
       font-style: normal;
     }
    
    @font-face {
      font-family: 'Gotham';
      src: url('fonts/Gotham-Medium.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
      src: url('fonts/Gotham-Medium.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Medium.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Medium.ttf')  format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Medium.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
       font-weight: 400;
       font-style: normal;
     }
    
    @font-face {
      font-family: 'Gotham';
      src: url('fonts/Gotham-Thin.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
      src: url('fonts/Gotham-Thin.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Thin.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Thin.ttf')  format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
         url('fonts/Gotham-Thin.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
       font-weight: 300;
       font-style: normal;
     }
    

    Then you can use your fonts as so:

    body {
       font-family: 'Gotham';
    }
    
    // For normal
    .normal {
      font-weight: 400;
    }
    
    // For bold
    .bold,
    strong {
      font-weight: 700;
    }
    
    // For thin
    .light {
      font-weight: 300;
    }