FontFaceSet: loadingerror event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The loadingerror event fires when fonts have finished loading, but some or all fonts have failed to load.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("loadingerror", (event) => {});

onloadingerror = (event) => {};

Example

In the following example, if the font Ephesis fails to load, "Font loading error" is printed to the console.

js
document.fonts.onloadingerror = () => {
  console.log("Font loading error");
};

(async () => {
  await document.fonts.load("16px Ephesis");
})();

Specifications

Specification
CSS Font Loading Module Level 3
# dom-fontfaceset-onloadingerror

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
loadingerror event

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Full support
Full support