How do you view EOT webfont files?

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With so many people using EOT files for webfonts (to support IE8) I can't believe I am unable to find a single application that supports viewing them. Hopefully I'm missing something obvious but when I Google "eot file viewer" I find nothing but a couple possible virus-looking websites (the ones that have like 1 million different download links all leading to different sites with random junk on them).

I'm working on a PC but also have a Mac available, I have Visual Studio, XCode, Adobe CS3 suite, and a slew of other developer/graphics tools. Of course all of the popular web browsers as well.

I'm troubleshooting a webfont display issue in IE8. It is using my EOT file, but not displaying it exactly as I think it should be. I'd like to rule out anything lost in the conversion issue (I've used web squirl and ufonts and other online converters), which I can only do if I can view the EOT directly not convert to some other format first, or convert some other format to EOT and "assume" it is the same.

Since .eot is supported by IE6+, couldn't you simply compare IE8 to IE9/10/11? — Patrick, Nov 19 '13 at 06:06
Voting to close as a tool request. In the 4 years of its existence, this question has only attracted link-only answers, including possible spam and self-promotion. — S.L. Barth is on codidact.com, Nov 06 '16 at 15:42

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 04 '18 at 23:52

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if you don't mind converting eot to any other format first like ttf for example, then you can convert it by using my tool onlinefontconverter.com

edited Sep 04 '18 at 23:52

Bhargav Rao

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answered Aug 27 '15 at 13:58

Endless

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what tool are you using in the backend for converting eot fonts? – tobltobs Sep 24 '15 at 16:12
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[It appears](https://github.com/jimmywarting/ofc) you are affiliated with onlinefontconverter.com. Please note that our [self-promotion policy](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/57497) requires you to disclose this information in answers like this one. – josliber Dec 03 '15 at 02:53

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '14 at 15:49

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Fontexplorer X Pro (not free) is able to create a preview of EOT fonts:

http://www.fontexplorerx.com/trial-pro/

Here's a description taken from their website: "Import, organize and preview Web Fonts (WOFF and EOT formats)"

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 15 '14 at 17:36

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http://www.pkmurphy.com.au/glyphviewer/, maybe? It appears legit, but only supports loading fonts by URL and not by uploading a file.

answered Jun 15 '14 at 17:36

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How do you view EOT webfont files?

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