Posted by Adrienne on 10/05/37 11:17

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed jake <jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk>
writing in news:mUW$5rYpXInCFwvA@gododdin.demon.co.uk:

>>> >> >If the user has the font on their system, then they will see that
>>> >> >font. Embedding fonts in web pages works for some browsers some
>>> >> >of the time.
>>> >>
<snip>

> I interpreted Adrienne's statement as meaning that font embedding is
> unreliable ... a reasonable interpretation strengthened by the
> statement:
>
> "To be honest, if font embedding actually worked ........"
>
> So. As I see it, my comments are completely accurate.
>
> "Font embedding works in IE on a PC all the time unless the facility is
> disabled".
>

For the IE on the PC user who has it enabled, yes, it works. For you the
author, who does not know what is on a visitor's system without browser
sniffing (the browser can lie and with js disabled, even less information
is available), it works for _some_ of your visitors _some_ of the time.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
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