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FontFaceSet: add() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The add() method of the FontFaceSet interface adds a new font to the set.

Syntax

js
add(font)

Parameters

font

A FontFace to be added to the set.

Return value

A new FontFaceSet.

Exceptions

InvalidModificationError DOMException

Thrown if this font is already included via the CSS @font-face rule.

Examples

In the following example a new FontFace object is created and then added to the FontFaceSet.

js
const font = new FontFace("MyFont", 'url("myFont.woff2")');
document.fonts.add(font);

Specifications

Specification
CSS Font Loading Module Level 3
# dom-fontfaceset-add

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
add
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 35 (Release date: 2014-05-20)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 41 (Release date: 2015-09-22)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 22 (Release date: 2014-06-03)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10 (Release date: 2016-09-20)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 35 (Release date: 2014-05-20)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 41 (Release date: 2015-09-22)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 22 (Release date: 2014-06-17)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10 (Release date: 2016-09-13)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 3 (Release date: 2015-04-10)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 37 (Release date: 2014-09-03)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10 (Release date: 2016-09-13)
footnote Full support

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