Posted by cwdjrxyz on 11/21/07 19:19

On Nov 21, 12:28 pm, kimballgil...@gmail.com wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I am currently living in Africa and might not have easy access to the
> Powell book. Does anyone know of an equivalent list on the web
> somewhere?

I list some web references below. For more, you can use Google to
search on " font css" and on "font embed". I seldom use this sort of
thing and have not studied these references in detail. Thus the
references I supply must stand or fall on their own merits, not on my
opinion.

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http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/ (shows many fonts and gives
surveys of what fonts used)

http://www.hypergurl.com/csstutorial4.html

http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/fonts

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2001/07/26/css_fonts.html

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533034.aspx (a bit old,
but illustrates MS embedding of fonts)

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