Fonts ??

[JWJ]

I have just stumbled into something I had never given any thought to before. It is the fact that Fonts cannot be displayed if they do not exist on the PC viewing the web page. Am I right about this?

I have carefully chosen different fonts for my web page designs, but it would seem that is a waste of time unless there is some way of embedding the fonts within the web site. Is this a weakness in Frontpage? How do others deal with this ?

Your help, as always, will be greatly appreciated.

John

[Tamas]

Ask the guy at Activewebs, he knows all about this sort of thing.

Check out my site too, while you're at it. I'm after feedback.

Regards

Tom

[activewebs]

Yes your right , for a font to display correctly it must be present in the fonts folder of the target M/C , I know of 2 ways around this , convert your text into a image gif,jpeg etc ( use photo shop or similar ) and import it into front page , the other I have not tried , but there is a way for the browser to detect the missing font and request a download , this download would come from the server where the site is hosted , so basicaly you embed the font into your site , not tried it but thats what I have been told

Rich @activewebs

[JWJ]

Thanks guys ... the things we newbies stumble into.

I don't know whether to restrict my site to 'core fonts' or just live with the fact that some people won't see my pages quiet as I'd intended. Probably the latter :lol:

All the best
John

[webmoriar]

The only problem I can see with offering the font to download is if it is copyrighted. I'd suggest using CSS and using font families.


font-family: "Copperplate Gothic Light", Copperplate Gothic, sans-serif;


That is what I have for my site and it may not bee the exact next higher up level that it should be it is what works for my site. Basically the browser tries to display the site using "Copperplate Gothic Light" and then goes gradually to more general fonts until it finds one.