Web fonts are delivered in various formats to take care of different browser requirements, the main formats that I am aware of are:
- ttf
- otf
- eot
- woff
- svg
I also know that not all of these formats are supported by all major browser vendors. However, it would also seem that fontforge (and probably many other utilities) are capable of converting between these formats easily. It is my understanding that "woff" appears to be the "new" standard for web fonts.
My question is this:
Are any of the formats "lossy" in the sense that if I started with a WOFF file, converted to OTF, and then back to WOFF, would I end up with a file that didn't have all the metadata? Or are the formats essentially so similar that any of them is as good as another as a starting point to get a font in all the formats?