What is an EOT file?

The EOT format in brief: what it is, what it is used for, and how to convert it.

EOT: conversion steps

  1. Upload your EOT file to start.
  2. Convert EOT to OTF.
  3. Download the EOT file.

About EOT files

Microsoft's legacy web font format for Internet Explorer

Embedded OpenType (EOT) is a compressed web font format Microsoft created for Internet Explorer.

Only websites that still support Internet Explorer 8 and older.

EOT: what conversion changes

Converting EOT rewrites outlines.

EOT: settings to change

Before you convert EOT files, you can adjust: Subset unicode ranges, Keep hinting, and Keep layout features.

Limits of the EOT format

No current browser needs EOT; this service reads EOT but does not create it.

Common questions about EOT

Why do my EOT fonts fail to load in every modern browser? Microsoft built EOT for Internet Explorer alone, and all other engines rejected it — the web standard is WOFF2, so EOT fonts need converting.

Do current browsers still use EOT fonts? EOT was an Internet Explorer format, and modern browsers load WOFF or WOFF2 instead. EOT now serves only very old IE, so a WOFF2 copy is what a current stylesheet should reference.

Convert EOT files

Guides and tools for EOT