Posted by jake on 05/26/05 11:16

In message <TD6dnb_l2KCF8QjfSa8jmA@karoo.co.uk>, the idiot
<sinatra@thesands.co.uk> writes
>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
>
>

Font embedding is just fine, although usually reserved these days for IE
users only -- although that's probably 85-90% of your audience. Non-IE
users get to see an alternative font or their own default.

<http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/embedding/weft3/default.htm>

WEFT will not create the appropriate .eot file if the font does not
allow embedding.

regards.
--
Jake

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