Posted by Hywel Jenkins on 05/29/05 02:00

In article <xhvqkdNHdYlCFw$F@gododdin.demon.co.uk>,
jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk says...
> 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.

So, as Adrienne said, it works for *some browsers some of the time*.
Even your own statement says that it doesn't work for IE all of the
time.

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Hywel

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