27 July 2026 was the 16th anniversary of the first public release of Web Open Font Format (WOFF), in 2010.

Let me tell you how that happened, why it mattered, what became possible after that, and the projected future for WebFonts.

CSS Color 4 is now widely implemented. But it has been a long and bumpy ride! Why did it take so long, and why did it finally succeed?

Dystopian ‘W3C in 10 years’ post, from July 2014