Posted by Neredbojias on 03/05/07 01:01

On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:38:06 GMT scribed:

> 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.

Some browsers won't support such fonts, others will have overriding client
fonts in place. Since I'd never recommend a pdf file, I'd suggest you tune
your pages to work properly with what is commonly available.

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Neredbojias
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