Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/28/31 12:00

ynoteh wrote:
> I know that a web page will not look as intended if the visitor does
> not have the specified font installed on their computer..
> But what about printing the web page? If the same visitor tries to
> print that page and does not have the font installed, will they get
> the intended font, or a substitute on their printout? I think a
> substitution?... I'm trying to grasp what the printer sees, but having
> a mental block!

Viewing or printing, same thing. if the user does have the font, it will
not print. The font is not *embedded* in an HTML document. Look at it
this way and HTML document is like script for a play, it test what the
actors say and do, but not who the actors are. So on Broadway Lang and
Broderick may stared. If the play is in your hometown, the play will be
the same, but the actors will most likely not be Lang and Broderick but
who is available. Same as your font in a HTML document. Unlike in media
where fonts are embedded like PDFs, to complete the analogy, like a copy
of a movie. If you have a copy of the '68 movie then wherever you play
it the actors are always Mostel and Wilder.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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