Re: Fonts on Web Pages

[Raymond Mercier]

Of course Adobe was designed  to do just the problem you defined, and it works well, with your embedded fonts, etc., so the recipient sees just what you write.   OTOH What about using Word with your embedded fonts, and then saving it as mht  (Web Archive File)?   Have a look at: http://www.softcities.com/WebArchiveX/download/6912.htm  >>The WebArchiveX Component API lets you programmatically save a complete Web page as a single Web Archive file (.mht) file. (Same as "Save as Web Archive" in Microsoft Internet Explorer). Web Archive is an Internet standard for keeping HTML documents within a MIME formatted message including graphics, scripts and style sheets as its body parts. Packing HTML files with the WebArchiveX COM Component helps to avoid errors when you send the Web page by email or publish it electronically. WebArchiveX can be used with any programming language and supports multi-threaded environments <<   Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: Arcane Jill To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: RE: Fonts on Web Pages The use of PDF files does solve a problem, yes, but it solves a different problem from the one about which I had asked. I specifically want to know the current state-of-the-art regarding the use of fonts on web pages. I believe someone was working on this, but I don't know if it was the W3C or some other bunch. Jill -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Mercier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 11:29 AM To: Arcane Jill Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fonts on Web Pages Surely Adobe Acrobat will solve both problems ? The recipient only needs to have the Acrobat Reader installed, and who does not already have that ? Raymond Mercier 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