Hello,
Thursday, May 04, 2000, 11:38:59 AM, you wrote:
%->> Too many people nowadays seem to think WWW is a MS invention and forget
%->> about the fact that there are other systems out there. Hence, when I
%->> come across a really bad page where the problem is evidently related to
%->> the designer using Windows fonts[0], I usually drop them a polite note
%->> to make them aware of the problem. In many cases I even got postive
%->> responses, as the designers in question simply had no idea that what
%->> they were doing could cause problems...
JS> Well, it's worth remembering that TrueType isn't Microsoft technology...
JS> -- Juha
and their family of web fonts is simply great.
it was the first specific design for the new medium
with all those nice things like Xheight, hinting and
seriffing that takes into account CRT vs paper viewing.
It took the guy 2 years to create Verdana and Georgia.
Matthew Carter is the designers name.
As always, by giving those fonts away, MSFT is doing both a
service and a disservice to the web community. But the fonts are
great. Who can afford to pay handsomely to the top phontographer
and give it away. hard to compete. hence, no real competition.
We tend to prsonify evil; there always teams of talented individuals
behind those Microsofts, Apples, etc. whilst we focus on mediocrities
like Jobs, Gates who are great promoters.
leave them alone and take the best out the pile.
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