Posted by Adrienne on 05/26/05 09:48

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

To be honest, if font embedding actually worked, I would not be happy. 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.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
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