diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX.1.in b/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
index b57f592..9a5ffcb 100644
--- a/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Specify whether the local matched fonts, for fonts not embedded in PDF, should b
 If this switch is off, only font names are exported such that web browsers may try to find proper fonts themselves, and that might cause issues about incorrect font metrics.
 
 .TP
-.B --font-format <format> (Default: ttf)
+.B --font-format <format> (Default: woff)
 Specify the format of fonts extracted from the PDF file.
 
 .TP
diff --git a/share/pdf2htmlEX.js.in b/share/pdf2htmlEX.js.in
index 0da0f84..01a4b30 100644
--- a/share/pdf2htmlEX.js.in
+++ b/share/pdf2htmlEX.js.in
@@ -183,15 +183,15 @@
 
       // scale the content box
       {
-        var s = this.content_box.style;
-        s.msTransform = s.webkitTransform = s.transform = 'scale('+this.cur_scale.toFixed(3)+')';
+        var cbs = this.content_box.style;
+        cbs.msTransform = cbs.webkitTransform = cbs.transform = 'scale('+this.cur_scale.toFixed(3)+')';
       }
 
       // stretch the page frame to hold the place
       {
-        var s = this.p.style;
-        s.height = (this.original_height * this.cur_scale) + 'px';
-        s.width = (this.original_width * this.cur_scale) + 'px';
+        var ps = this.p.style;
+        ps.height = (this.original_height * this.cur_scale) + 'px';
+        ps.width = (this.original_width * this.cur_scale) + 'px';
       }
     },
     /* return if any part of this page is shown in the container */
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/font.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/font.cc
index 35ad668..4599297 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/font.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/font.cc
@@ -746,17 +746,17 @@ void HTMLRenderer::embed_font(const string & filepath, GfxFont * font, FontInfo
 
     /*
      * Step 3
-     *
-     * Reencode to Unicode Full such that FontForge won't ditch unicode values larger than 0xFFFF
-     *
      * Generate the font as desired
-     *
      */
+
+    // Reencode to Unicode Full such that FontForge won't ditch unicode values larger than 0xFFFF
     ffw_reencode_unicode_full();
 
-    string cur_tmp_fn = (char*)str_fmt("%s/__tmp_font1.%s", param.tmp_dir.c_str(), param.font_format.c_str());
+    // Due to a bug of Fontforge about pfa -> woff conversion
+    // we always generate TTF first, instead of the format specified by user
+    string cur_tmp_fn = (char*)str_fmt("%s/__tmp_font1.%s", param.tmp_dir.c_str(), "ttf");
     tmp_files.add(cur_tmp_fn);
-    string other_tmp_fn = (char*)str_fmt("%s/__tmp_font2.%s", param.tmp_dir.c_str(), param.font_format.c_str());
+    string other_tmp_fn = (char*)str_fmt("%s/__tmp_font2.%s", param.tmp_dir.c_str(), "ttf");
     tmp_files.add(other_tmp_fn);
 
     ffw_save(cur_tmp_fn.c_str());
diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
index 85d7254..7da4150 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void parse_options (int argc, char **argv)
         
         // fonts
         .add("embed-external-font", &param.embed_external_font, 1, "embed local match for external fonts")
-        .add("font-format", &param.font_format, "ttf", "suffix for embedded font files (ttf,otf,woff,svg)")
+        .add("font-format", &param.font_format, "woff", "suffix for embedded font files (ttf,otf,woff,svg)")
         .add("decompose-ligature", &param.decompose_ligature, 0, "decompose ligatures, such as \uFB01 -> fi")
         .add("auto-hint", &param.auto_hint, 0, "use fontforge autohint on fonts without hints")
         .add("external-hint-tool", &param.external_hint_tool, "", "external tool for hinting fonts (overrides --auto-hint)")