Posted by Adrienne on 05/26/05 12:30

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed jake <jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk>
writing in news:xhvqkdNHdYlCFw$F@gododdin.demon.co.uk:

> 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..
>>
>

Then I stand corrected.

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Adrienne Boswell
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