Posted by the idiot on 05/26/05 12:24

"jake" <jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:mBUvcrMpXYlCFw+E@gododdin.demon.co.uk...
> 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.
> --
cheers all... i will pass the information on..

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