WOFF
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WOFF (Web Open Font Format) is a web font format designed to efficiently deliver and display custom fonts on websites while optimizing compression and performance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WOFF canonical | 3 |
| WOFF 1.0 | 3 |
| Web Open Font Format | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10329235 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WOFF Context triple: [Open Web Platform, hasComponent, WOFF]
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A.
TrueType
TrueType is a digital font technology developed by Apple (and later adopted by Microsoft) that uses quadratic Bézier curves to define scalable, screen- and print-friendly typefaces.
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B.
TTF
TTF is the National Rail station code for Thetford railway station in Norfolk, England.
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C.
OTF
OTF is a rap collective and record label founded by Chicago rapper Lil Durk, known for its influential role in the drill music scene.
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D.
SWF
SWF is the IATA airport code for Stewart International Airport, a public airport located near Newburgh in New York's Hudson Valley.
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E.
Font Bureau
Font Bureau is an independent type foundry known for designing and distributing a wide range of professional digital typefaces used in publishing, branding, and user interfaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WOFF Target entity description: WOFF (Web Open Font Format) is a web font format designed to efficiently deliver and display custom fonts on websites while optimizing compression and performance.
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A.
TrueType
TrueType is a digital font technology developed by Apple (and later adopted by Microsoft) that uses quadratic Bézier curves to define scalable, screen- and print-friendly typefaces.
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B.
TTF
TTF is the National Rail station code for Thetford railway station in Norfolk, England.
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C.
OTF
OTF is a rap collective and record label founded by Chicago rapper Lil Durk, known for its influential role in the drill music scene.
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D.
SWF
SWF is the IATA airport code for Stewart International Airport, a public airport located near Newburgh in New York's Hudson Valley.
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E.
Font Bureau
Font Bureau is an independent type foundry known for designing and distributing a wide range of professional digital typefaces used in publishing, branding, and user interfaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
font container format
ⓘ
web font format ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WOFF ⓘ |
| backwardsCompatibleWith |
OpenType fonts
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenType font technology
TrueType fonts ⓘ |
| basedOn |
OpenType font format
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenType font technology
TrueType font format ⓘ |
| category |
digital typography
ⓘ
web technology ⓘ |
| comparedTo | WOFF2 ⓘ |
| compressionMethod | DEFLATE ⓘ |
| contains |
font data
ⓘ
metadata ⓘ optional private data blocks ⓘ |
| designedFor | use on the World Wide Web ⓘ |
| developedBy |
LettError
ⓘ
Mozilla ⓘ Type Supply ⓘ |
| enables | custom typography on websites ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .woff ⓘ |
| firstPublishedBy |
W3C
ⓘ
linked to:
World Wide Web Consortium
|
| fullName |
Web Open Font Format
ⓘ
linked to:
WOFF
|
| hasVersion |
WOFF 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
WOFF
|
| initialPublicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| mediaType | font/woff ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
compression
ⓘ
web performance ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
delivering web fonts
ⓘ
embedding custom fonts in web pages ⓘ |
| reduces | font file size for web delivery ⓘ |
| relatedFormat |
OpenType
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenType font technology
TrueType ⓘ WOFF2 ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
CSS Fonts Module
ⓘ
linked to:
CSS Fonts Module Level 3
OpenType specification ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
W3C
ⓘ
linked to:
World Wide Web Consortium
|
| status | W3C Recommendation ⓘ |
| successorFormat | WOFF2 ⓘ |
| supportedBy | major web browsers ⓘ |
| supports |
CFF outlines
ⓘ
OpenType layout features ⓘ OpenType outlines ⓘ TrueType outlines ⓘ font naming metadata ⓘ licensing metadata ⓘ vendor information metadata ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase | serving fonts from web servers to browsers ⓘ |
| usedIn | @font-face CSS rule ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WOFF Description of subject: WOFF (Web Open Font Format) is a web font format designed to efficiently deliver and display custom fonts on websites while optimizing compression and performance.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WOFF
linked to: WOFF
linked to: WOFF