# Web font

A font file the page downloads for its text.

**Source:** “web fonts were found on roughly 88% of websites” [Fonts, 2025 (The Web Almanac by HTTP Archive)](https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/fonts)

See also: [font-display](/reference/glossary/font-display).

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Published 2026-10-29. Web page: https://www.mackenziebowes.com/reference/glossary/web-font