> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke > Sent: Friday, 25 August 2006 10:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] font standards today > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > > > This is the best comment I read all day. Why not use > unusual fonts to make > > the design look good (of course keeping legibility in mind > - that is part of > > a good design) > > Because, if it's unusual, you can rest assured that 99.9999% of your > visitors won't have it, so you might as well not do it.
Don't quite agree with you. There are a lot of fonts people download as part of general applications that are not counted as standard Windows/Mac fonts. Let's take Arial Light as an example. I am sure a lot of users have got it, yet it is not counted as a standard web font. Furthermore, there may be cases in which you can assume that your particular target audience has got a non-standard font installed. Let's say you target graphic designers with your website. The chances are high that they have got Adobe Products installed and most of the standard fonts that come with it. Of course I agree chances are low that the user will have the "my son made this one" font, unless the website is targeted at "my son's" family. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
