Failed to decode downloaded font

Question

This is an error I am getting in Chrome and unfortunately searching for it hasn't given me much results. The font itself is appearing correctly. However I still get this error/warning. More specifically, this is the full warning:

"Failed to decode downloaded font: http://localhost:8000/app/fonts/Lato/"

My CSS are these:

@font-face {
    font-family:"Lato";
    src: url("../fonts/Lato/");
}

html, body {
    font-family:'Lato';
}

I just do not understand. The font is applied correctly, but the warning is always there. Trying to use Sans-Serif makes the font revert to the normal browser font, so that may be it, but I am not sure, and even after searching I have found nothing. Thanks!

EDIT

There are various font files, all from the same family. I am trying to load them all. The font files are .ttf. I am loading them from a local folder, and there are various font-files, like Lato-Black.ttf, Lato-Bold.ttf, Lato-Italic.ttf etc.

Answer 1

In the css rule you have to add the extension of the file. This example with the deepest support possible:

@font-face {
  font-family: 'MyWebFont';
  src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
  src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */
       url('webfont.woff2') format('woff2'), /* Super Modern Browsers */
       url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Pretty Modern Browsers */
       url('webfont.ttf')  format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */
       url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */
}

EDIT:

"Failed to decode downloaded font" means the font is corrupt, or is incomplete (missing metrics, necessary tables, naming records, a million possible things).

Sometimes this problem is caused by the font itself. Google font provides the correct font you need but if font face is necessary i use Transfonter to generate all font format.

Sometimes is the FTP client that corrupt the file (not in this case because is on local pc). Be sure to transfer file in binary and not in ASCII.