angular2-cli include custom fonts

Question

I am trying to include some custom fonts in my project with no success.

NOTE: I am using angular-cli: [email protected]

1. I put the fonts in the folder

   src/assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.tff

2. I add in src/styles.css

   @font-face {
     font-family: "Roboto-Regular";
     src: url("./assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.tff");
   }
   

3. I use it in a component .scss

   font-family: "Roboto-Regular";
   

4. I get 404 error:

   Cannot find module "./assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.tff"
   client?93b6:80 ./~/css-loader?sourcemap!./~/postcss-loader!./src/styles.css
   Module not found: Error: Can't resolve './assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.tff' in 'D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src'
   resolve './assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.tff' in 'D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src'
     using description file: D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\package.json (relative path: ./src)
       Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
     after using description file: D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\package.json (relative path: ./src)
       using description file: D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\package.json (relative path: ./src/assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.tff)
         as directory
           D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src\assets\fonts\Roboto-Regular.tff doesn't exist
         no extension
           Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
           D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src\assets\fonts\Roboto-Regular.tff doesn't exist
         .ts
           Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
           D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src\assets\fonts\Roboto-Regular.tff.ts doesn't exist
         .js
           Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
           D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src\assets\fonts\Roboto-Regular.tff.js doesn't exist
   [D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src\assets\fonts\Roboto-Regular.tff]
   [D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src\assets\fonts\Roboto-Regular.tff]
   [D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src\assets\fonts\Roboto-Regular.tff.ts]
   [D:\Work\Blah\angular\BlahFrontEnd\src\assets\fonts\Roboto-Regular.tff.js]
    @ ./~/css-loader?sourcemap!./~/postcss-loader!./src/styles.css 6:793-837
    @ ./src/styles.css
    @ multi styles
   

   5. If I add the font-face definition in app.component.scss I get 404 error as well

      jquery.js:2 GET http://localhost:4200/assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.tff 404
      

Any ideas on how to include my Roboto-Regular.tff font?

Answer 1

For the people arriving here by searching:

Install with npm:

npm install roboto-fontface --save

Add to styles in .angular-cli.json (apps[0].styles):

"styles": [
    "styles.css",
    "../node_modules/roboto-fontface/css/roboto/roboto-fontface.css"
],

That's all!

Edit: since Angular 6 this file is called angular.json instead of angular-cli.json. Adding fonts still works the same way as before.