diff --git a/boot/boot.js b/boot/boot.js
index a9c23be5f..6d38e55fd 100644
--- a/boot/boot.js
+++ b/boot/boot.js
@@ -1235,6 +1235,7 @@ $tw.boot.startup = function() {
 	$tw.utils.registerFileType("image/png","base64",".png");
 	$tw.utils.registerFileType("image/gif","base64",".gif");
 	$tw.utils.registerFileType("image/svg+xml","utf8",".svg");
+	$tw.utils.registerFileType("application/font-woff","base64",".woff");
 	// Create the wiki store for the app
 	$tw.wiki = new $tw.Wiki();
 	// Install built in tiddler fields modules
diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/fontparser.js b/core/modules/parsers/fontparser.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8597debd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/fontparser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*\
+title: $:/core/modules/parsers/fontparser.js
+type: application/javascript
+module-type: parser
+
+The font parser parses fonts into URI encoded base64
+
+\*/
+(function(){
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+var FontParser = function(type,text,options) {
+	this.tree = [{
+		type: "element",
+		tag: "span",
+		children: [
+			{type: "text", text: "data:" + type + ";base64," + text}
+		]
+	}];
+};
+
+exports["application/font-woff"] = FontParser;
+
+})();
+