Posted by Carolyn Marenger on 03/05/07 00:26

iain010100@yahoo.com wrote:

> What is the current state of embedded font technology?
>
> I'm helping someone get their web pages to work properly. The problem
> is, these pages rely on the font "Mona Lisa" for every design element.
> "Mona Lisa," as I understand, is a Mac system font (the creator used a
> Mac-based web design program). The page needs to display this font and
> not some default set by the browser, and must be viewable in all major
> browsers (IE, Netscape, Firefox, AOL, etc.) for both Mac and PC.
>
> I spent the past couple of hours searching, trying to get the answer.
> It doesn't look like there is a way to do this unless I convert all
> text to images.
>
> Am I right?
> -- Iain

To the best of my knowledge, the browsers I use, Konqueror & Firefox, do not
support embedded fonts. If the font is critical, then I would suggest a
pdf file. If the content is critical, not the 'look' then modify the
layout so that typeface, including size are suggestions not requirements.

Carolyn
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Carolyn Marenger

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