diff --git a/fontland/fontland/assets/charter.woff b/fontland/fontland/assets/charter.woff
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diff --git a/fontland/fontland/helper.rkt b/fontland/fontland/helper.rkt
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--- a/fontland/fontland/helper.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/helper.rkt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 (define index? (λ (x) (and (number? x) (integer? x) (not (negative? x)))))
 
 (define-runtime-path charter-path "assets/charter.ttf")
+(define-runtime-path charter-woff-path "assets/charter.woff")
 (define-runtime-path charter-italic-path "assets/charter-italic.ttf")
 (define-runtime-path fira-path "assets/fira.ttf")
 (define-runtime-path fira-otf-path "assets/fira.otf")
diff --git a/fontland/fontland/woff-directory.rkt b/fontland/fontland/woff-directory.rkt
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+++ b/fontland/fontland/woff-directory.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#lang racket/base
+(require xenomorph
+         "tables.rkt"
+         sugar/unstable/dict)
+(provide woff-directory)
+
+#|
+approximates
+https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/tables/WOFFDirectory.js
+|#
+
+(define woff-directory-entry
+  (x:dict
+   (dictify
+    'tag (x:symbol #:length 4)
+    'offset (x:pointer #:type uint32be
+                       #:dest-type 'void
+                       #:relative-to 'global)
+    'compLength uint32be
+    'length uint32be
+    'origChecksum uint32be)))
+
+(define (woff-directory-process dir)
+  (define tables (make-hasheq))
+  (for ([table (in-list (hash-ref dir 'tables))])
+    (hash-set! tables (hash-ref table 'tag) table))
+  (hash-set! dir 'tables tables)
+  dir)
+
+(define woff-directory
+  (x:dict
+   #:post-decode woff-directory-process
+   (dictify
+    'tag (x:symbol #:length 4) ;should be 'wOFF
+    'flavor uint32be
+    'length uint32be
+    'numTables uint16be
+    'reserved (x:reserved #:type uint16be)
+    'totalSfntSize uint32be
+    'majorVersion uint16be
+    'minorVersion uint16be
+    'metaOffset uint32be
+    'metaLength uint32be
+    'metaOrigLength uint32be
+    'privOffset uint32be
+    'privLength uint32be
+    'tables (x:list #:type woff-directory-entry
+                    #:length (λ (p) (hash-ref p 'numTables))))))
+
+(module+ test
+  (require rackunit "helper.rkt" racket/serialize racket/file racket/pretty)
+  (define ip (open-input-file charter-woff-path))
+  (define dir (decode woff-directory ip))
+  (check-equal? (hash-ref dir 'tag) 'wOFF)
+  (define offset (hash-ref (hash-ref (hash-ref dir 'tables) 'head) 'offset))
+  (file-position ip offset)
+  (define name-table (decode head ip))
+  (check-equal? (hash-ref name-table 'magicNumber) #x5F0F3CF5)
+  (check-equal? (hash-ref name-table 'unitsPerEm) 1000)
+  (check-equal? (hash-ref name-table 'created) (date* 52 12 5 10 7 2013 3 190 #t -25200 0 "PDT")))
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