ensuring a font is used...

[Domestos]

Hi all,

I have no idea if this can be done or not... however...

If I have created a new font for my site how do I ensure that all the
viewers use this font when viewing my page?

hope someone can help...

Domestos

 

[Dylan Parry]

Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Domestos scraped:

If I have created a new font for my site how do I ensure that all the
viewers use this font when viewing my page?

You can't. The only way to *ensure* that they have the font is to
physically go to their homes and install it on their computer.

 

[Morgan]

Dead Wrong, go to this site and use a little program called WEFT 3 (its
free), all you have to do is find a font that will (most do) work with
the program. It will copy the font file you downloaded or have on your
computer and make an .eot file which will be loaded with the website.
So you can have a cross-browser font of almost any kind if you put the
effort in.
Just see this site which explains it all.

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

 

[Morgan]

btw: it tells you that its for IE but it works for every browser
really. Try it and see. If it dosn't tell me, I've used it with
navigator versions, explorer's and firefox

 

[Domestos]

Dead Wrong, go to this site and use a little program called WEFT 3 (its
free), all you have to do is find a font that will (most do) work with
the program. It will copy the font file you downloaded or have on your
computer and make an .eot file which will be loaded with the website.
So you can have a cross-browser font of almost any kind if you put the
effort in.
Just see this site which explains it all.

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

You know, we all slag Micro$oft of at one time or another, but when they
provide FREE tools like this, I often think why we do it... thanks for the
links...

 

[Arne]

Dead Wrong,

What's wrong?
Quote the part you are replying to, but don't quote signatures!

 

[Arne]

btw: it tells you that its for IE but it works for every browser
really. Try it and see. If it dosn't tell me, I've used it with
navigator versions, explorer's and firefox

BTW: What?
What's wrong?
Quote the part you are replying to, but don't quote signatures!

 

[Blinky the Shark]

What's wrong?
Quote the part you are replying to, but don't quote signatures!

Google Groups, again. See sig, again.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

BTW: What?
What's wrong?
Quote the part you are replying to, but don't quote signatures!

Note G2.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

You know, we all slag Micro$oft of at one time or another, but when they
provide FREE tools like this, I often think why we do it... thanks for the

Because you're easily impressed.

links...

Did you ever wonder if anyone *wants* to download that crap (your pet
obscure font)?

 

[Toby Inkster]

btw: [WEFT] tells you that its for IE but it works for every browser
really. Try it and see. If it dosn't tell me, I've used it with
navigator versions, explorer's and firefox

No -- it only works with IE -- and even then, not all of the time.

Plus, you're assuming that the visitor is using a device that even
understands the concept of different "fonts". Many don't -- audio
browsers, braille tablets, mobile phones and text terminals (these last
two will often have a single font built-in and be incapable of using any
other fonts) for example.

 

[Arne]

Note G2.

That's no excuse

 

[Morgan]

LOL, you're all as nutty as fruitcakes! With extra nuts!

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

btw: it tells you that its for IE but it works for every browser
really. Try it and see. If it dosn't tell me, I've used it with
navigator versions, explorer's and firefox

The demos there don't work in FireFox 1.0.6.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

That's no excuse

Of course it's not. Solution is in my sig.

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Kim_Andr=E9_Aker=F8?=]

btw: it tells you that its for IE but it works for every browser
really. Try it and see. If it dosn't tell me, I've used it with
navigator versions, explorer's and firefox

No, it doesn't work with Opera either, and that's even using the latest
version. I also tried it with Mozilla Firefox, no dice there either.

I wouldn't exactly say that "it works for every browser", then. It only
works with Internet Explorer.

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Dead Wrong, go to this site and use a little program called WEFT 3

Every once in a while, someone pops up with such suggestions, and then
remains silent (or starts babbling, insulting and talking about other
things) when asked to present her or his example of _actual_ use of WEFT.
(Actual as opposite to trivial pages presented as demos.)

The reason is that if you try to use WEFT for anything real, you get into a
hopeless mess.

 

[jake]

Every once in a while, someone pops up with such suggestions, and then
remains silent (or starts babbling, insulting and talking about other
things) when asked to present her or his example of _actual_ use of WEFT.
(Actual as opposite to trivial pages presented as demos.)

And the difference is .....................?

The reason is that if you try to use WEFT for anything real, you get into a
hopeless mess.

Completely untrue, of course.

We have been through this nonsense before, haven't we?

regards.

 

[jake]

Hi all,

I have no idea if this can be done or not... however...

If I have created a new font for my site how do I ensure that all the
viewers use this font when viewing my page?

hope someone can help...

Domestos

Sure you can. Use the WEFT program that has been suggested.

The only thing to take into account is that only IE users will see the
embedded font -- but, then again, that's probably 90% of your audience.

The other 10% will see whatever other fonts you've suggested in your CSS
('font-family') ... or will see their own preferred default.

regards.

 

[jake]

btw: it tells you that its for IE but it works for every browser
really. Try it and see. If it dosn't tell me, I've used it with
navigator versions, explorer's and firefox

Actually, it will only work with IE.

It may seem like it's working with other browsers, but that's probably
because you're not renaming the font and, hence, the non-IE browser is
picking up your permanently-installed font.

I always make a point of renaming the font so that I can be sure that
the embedding is working OK, and I'm not picking up my installed font.

e.g. Renaming an embedded font as 'mainheading' ensures that I'm seeing
the embedded font (when I test) and not the installed font that the eot
file is generated from. It also means that I can also see how the
defaults look in non-IE browsers.

#whatever H2 {
font-family : mainheading, Arial, sans-serif;
}

<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
@font-face {
font-family: mainheading;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
src: url(APEXCON0.eot);
}
-->
</STYLE>

(Just a thought.)

regards.