Special Fonts

if i use a special font for my webpage, will it show up on other
peoples brouser when they surf to my webpage ?

if not can it be done so they can ?

Murray
Sat Sep 11 10:14:19 CDT 2004

No, it will only show as the font you have specified if the viewer also has
that font installed on their system.

There is still no practical way to do this since there is not a
cross-browser/platform reliable way. Microsoft has WEFT, but it's IE only.
Netscape uses Bitstream, but it's Netscape only. Then there are copyright
and bandwidth issues. It's best to forget about it and just use websafe
fonts.

If you really MUST use that font, then you would have to make it a graphic
element. This has two serious consequences, however. One is that it adds
to the overall weight of the page (and if your graphic is large that can be
a considerable addition). The second problem is that a graphic cannot be
read by the search engines, so you lost the benefit of the content of the
graphic in your page ranking....

--
Murray

<~ coma ~> wrote in message
news:tq46k0pgo5ngomqtb9q70g9mm0a702k7mm@4ax.com...
> if i use a special font for my webpage, will it show up on other
> peoples brouser when they surf to my webpage ?
>
> if not can it be done so they can ?

Armadillo
Sun Sep 12 21:57:13 CDT 2004

TrueRes is a unique and straightforward standards-based
approach to adding the capability of using any font on any
web page - and the web page visitors will see the page
just as you have designed it. TrueRes supports IE and
Netscape on all Windows platforms. The TrueRes Packager
makes this process extremely simple. Choose the TrueType
or OpenType font of your choice, package it and upload to
your server (all handled by the Packager). Then select
that font(s) as the display face for your web page and
VOILA' - you have a TrueRes enabled web site!

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2068-10257864.html


>-----Original Message-----
>if i use a special font for my webpage, will it show up
on other
>peoples brouser when they surf to my webpage ?
>
>if not can it be done so they can ?
>.
>