Fonts on Web Pages

[Arcane Jill]

Anyone know the current status on embedded fonts in web pages?

I basically have two questions. (1) Assume the existence of a font to which I legally own the copyright. For example, let's say I invented it. Now, I design a web page which uses this font. Now, it's easy (but terribly inconvenient) to say on the web page "Please download and install this font in order to view this web page correctly", but the truth is I know damn well that no-one will ever do that. So, short of using small image files, what's the current state-of-the-art technical solution to this.

Question (2) is the same as question (1), except that I don't own the copyright. Suppose, for example I want to use this font called Garamond. It's on my machine. (I don't know how it got there - I think it came pre-installed with the OS). But of course, I can't guarantee that it will be installed on someone else's machine. And since I don't own the copyright, and don't have explicit permission to distribute it, I don't think I'm even allowed to say "Please download and install this font in order to view this web page correctly". How do we solve this one?

Jill