Posted by cwdjrxyz on 11/21/07 17:37

On Nov 21, 12:43 am, Big Daddy <johngil...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would like the look of our website to be somewhat distinct and not
> just use arial or times fonts. Is there a list of less-used fonts
> that are widely available on almost all client computers? Is there
> any way to embed fonts from the web server that will work on basically
> all browsers?
> thanks in advance,
> John

I usually just let the client's computer default to what the computer
owner has it set. However, since you have had no other answers yet, I
will pass on a bit of information. You really need more than just a
list, as there are several considerations. If possible, read a chapter
in a book discussing this matter. The first thing I found was Appendix
D labeled fonts in Thomas Powell's HTML & XHTML, 4th ed., pp. 819 -
826. If you use css to specify fonts, you have many choices. The
reference I give has examples of many fonts on Microsoft, Apple, and
Unix systems of various upgrade levels, Just select a few fonts you
like best from each of several platforms and list them in order from
the favorite to least favorite in the css. If the client computer does
not support a font, it goes to the next one you specify. If it
supports none you specify, it goes to whatever the default is for the
computer. You can control this a bit by specifying a common font
family such as arial for the last choice.

Microsoft's IE allows embedding fonts in a web page. In this way the
client computer owner does not have to download the fonts selected.
You will need to read detailed instructions on how to do this. The
main disadvantage of this method is that it works only on IE browsers.
Netscape had Dynamic Fonts based on TrueDoc at one time, but this was
discontinued with the Netscape 6.0 browser.

As a last resort, you can use some image program to generate an
unusual font as a image such as a gif or jpg. This is most useful when
you use the image generated just a few times on a page. It sometimes
is used for special symbols, etc.

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