SVG fonts

Method of using fonts defined as SVG shapes. Removed from SVG 2.0 and considered as a deprecated feature with support being removed from browsers.

W3C Recommendation: https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html

Usage: 16.9% + 0% = 16.9%

Support summary

IE: existing polyfill since 6
Edge: Not supported
Firefox: Not supported
Chrome: 4, notes for version 38₁
Safari: 3.2
Opera: 9, notes for version 25₁
Safari on iOS: 3.2
Opera Mini: Not supported, notes for version all₂
Android Browser: 3
Blackberry Browser: 7
Opera Mobile: 10
Chrome for Android: Not supported, notes for version 137₁
Firefox for Android: Not supported
IE Mobile: Not supported
UC Browser for Android: Not supported
Samsung Internet: 4, notes for version 5.0-5.4₁
QQ Browser: Not supported
Baidu Browser: Not supported, notes for version 13.52₁
KaiOS Browser: Not supported

Notes

Chrome 38 and newer support SVG fonts only on Windows Vista and XP. ↑
Supported in Opera Mini in SVG images only, not in HTML. ↑

Full support table

IE

5.5	6	7	8	9	10	11
n	p	p	p	n	n	n

Edge

12	13	14	15	16	17	18	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n

Firefox

2	3	3.5	3.6	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n

Chrome

4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140
y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n

Safari

3.1	3.2	4	5	5.1	6	6.1	7	7.1	8	9	9.1	10	10.1	11	11.1	12	12.1	13	13.1	14	14.1	15	15.1	15.2-15.3	15.4	15.5	15.6	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.6	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.5	TP
n	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Opera

9	9.5-9.6	10.0-10.1	10.5	10.6	11	11.1	11.5	11.6	12	12.1	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	60	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117
y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n

Safari on iOS

3.2	4.0-4.1	4.2-4.3	5.0-5.1	6.0-6.1	7.0-7.1	8	8.1-8.4	9.0-9.2	9.3	10.0-10.2	10.3	11.0-11.2	11.3-11.4	12.0-12.1	12.2-12.5	13.0-13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4-13.7	14.0-14.4	14.5-14.8	15.0-15.1	15.2-15.3	15.4	15.5	15.6-15.8	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6-16.7	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.6-17.7	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.5
y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Opera Mini

all
n

Android Browser

2.1	2.2	2.3	3	4	4.1	4.2-4.3	4.4	4.4.3-4.4.4	137
n	n	n	y	y	y	y	y	y	n

Blackberry Browser

7	10
y	y

Opera Mobile

10	11	11.1	11.5	12	12.1	80
y	y	y	y	y	y	n

Chrome for Android

137
n

Firefox for Android

139
n

IE Mobile

10	11
n	n

UC Browser for Android

15.5
n

Samsung Internet

4	5.0-5.4	6.2-6.4	7.2-7.4	8.2	9.2	10.1	11.1-11.2	12.0	13.0	14.0	15.0	16.0	17.0	18.0	19.0	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
y	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n

QQ Browser

14.9
n

Baidu Browser

13.52
n

KaiOS Browser

2.5	3.0-3.1
n	n

y = supported
a = partially supported, see notes
x = supported with a prefix, e.g. moz, webkit
p = supported with a polyfill
d = available but disabled by default; the feature need to be enabled in about:config, chrome://flags, etc.
n = not supported
u = unknown/untested

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SVG fonts

Support summary

Notes

Links

Full support table

IE

Edge

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

Safari on iOS

Opera Mini

Android Browser

Blackberry Browser

Opera Mobile

Chrome for Android

Firefox for Android

IE Mobile

UC Browser for Android

Samsung Internet

QQ Browser

Baidu Browser

KaiOS Browser