Hi Nate, I agree with you completely, actually I'd have to say that you're preaching to the choir; I'm a huge fan of Helvetica. I've been meaning to check that film out. I've heard mixed reviews, but I think it's something I'd enjoy.
I just think embedding a clone to replace a clone is overkill. Cheers, Josh Nate Ridderman wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:54 PM, ,Josh williams > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > In my experience, most fonts in Windows look bad anyway. I don't think > it would be worth the effort embed a helvetica clone, arial is > already a > clone of helvetica. However, when firefox 3.1 comes out embedding > fonts > is something to consider. There's an outstanding article on the > subject > here > http://jontangerine.com/log/2008/10/font-face-in-ie-making-web-fonts-work > . > > Josh > > > Arial is a bastard step-child of Helvetica. It's not nearly as good in > my opinion. If you have a chance to watch the documentary on Helvetica > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica_%28film%29>, I highly > recommend it. It touches on this subject, but is very interesting in > general. > > Thanks for the link. I didn't realize the state of embedding fonts was > as complex as this. I plan to read more and see if there is a workable > solution or combination of solutions. > > Nate > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
