Posted by jake on 05/26/05 11:22

In message <Xns9661F21D66C3Farbpenyahoocom@207.115.63.158>, Adrienne
<arbpen2003@sbcglobal.net> writes
>Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "the idiot"
><sinatra@thesands.co.uk> writing in
>news:TD6dnb_l2KCF8QjfSa8jmA@karoo.co.uk:
>
>> a freind was asking if it is okay to embed a font on a website he was
>> doing...
>> i told him i didnt think it was right to do that but that i had no idea
>> why.
>>
>> is it wrong / ok?
>>
>> and why?
>> thank you
>>
>>
>>
>
>If the user has the font on their system, then they will see that font.
>Embedding fonts in web pages works for some browsers some of the time.

No. It works for (PC) IE users all of the time -- assuming you haven't
got font downloading switched off.

> If
>the font is essential, like a logo, then a graphic should be used.

Graphical text can't be enlarged, and a selective font download can be
smaller than a graphic.
>
>To be honest, if font embedding actually worked, I would not be happy.

I guess you're not happy, then ;-)
> I
>already have 2000 fonts on my system, about 200 of those are actually
>installed. If every web site I visited suddenly started installing
>different fonts on my system, my system would soon grind to a halt.

Uhh .. no. The downloaded font exists only temporarily -- just like an
image.

regards..
>

--
Jake

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