Ross, I do not want this becomes too personal. I was just meaning that I have applied the good tips you recommend from the very beginning of our Web site, namely, use of Comic Sans MS, use of stylesheets with font groups, and of course making sure that used fonts are freely distributable.
However I am insisting on getting the answer to my questions, if possible: 1. Is there any useful alternative to late Bistream Web FontMaker tool for Netscape users? 2. How does Opera handle the embedded fonts issue? 3. Same question about Netscape 6. These are specific questions expecting to get specific answers. Thanks in advance to everybody. Patrick-Julien Germain [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pjg.free.fr/ http://www.oiseaubleu.org/ http://thimote.free.fr/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: [WEB] Any handy solution to embed fonts into HTML pages regardless of the visitors' browsers From: "Ross Clutterbuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:32:23 +0100 X-Message-Number: 21 I've joined this one late, but I honestly think that you'd be MUCH better off if you drop the idea of pretty fonts matching your printed documentation, because as you've seen you're gonna run into some serious maintenance and compatibility issues - always be mindful of eye candy superceding useability in terms of importance (i.e. never do something soley because it looks good - I learned that the hard way). Don't forget accessibility either - swanky fonts may look fine on your development system, but may be a bitch to read on somebody else's (and this applies to your printed documentation too - is this font readable for everybody?). Three suggestions therefore: #1: Drop the swanky font and go for something accessible and available (i.e. Verdana) #2: Specify a CSS font-family to cover all your bases for preferred font and a number of substitutes (e.g. font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; is one I use quite a lot for headings) #3: Find out about redistribution restrictions on the font you want to use and post it available for download so users can install it and reap the benefits of the font used on their site. MOU ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
