Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Font help please

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
    #1

    Font help please

    Hi guys, i am having some trouble with Fonts for my web page, the font i want to display is called harrington, Now, people that view the site and dont have harrington installed get a basic poopy looking font.
    Can someone tell me, Is there a way that you can get it to display on anyone's screen whether they have that specific font installed or not??
    I have tried using a style sheet but that doesnt seem to make any difference, this is the code i used
    <HTML>
    <HEAD>
    <TITLE>Clean Confections Soap Shop</TITLE>
    <STYLE type="text/css">
    BODY {font-family: Harrington}
    </STYLE>
    </HEAD>
    Any help would be appreciated,
    Thanks guys
    Tags: None
    #2
    Re: Font help please

    It is bad design to use non-standard fonts.

    Unless the viewer has the font installed on their machine, they will not see it. You could however, use an alternate, like font-family: Harrington, Arial - so that if the viewer does not have Harriington installed, they would see it in Arial.

    You can also offer the font as a download, and suggest the page will view better in the suggested font.

    Originally posted by Murph_Durt
    Hi guys, i am having some trouble with Fonts for my web page, the font i want to display is called harrington, Now, people that view the site and dont have harrington installed get a basic poopy looking font.
    Can someone tell me, Is there a way that you can get it to display on anyone's screen whether they have that specific font installed or not??
    I have tried using a style sheet but that doesnt seem to make any difference, this is the code i used


    Any help would be appreciated,
    Thanks guys

    Comment

      #3
      Re: Font help please

      Originally posted by Murph_Durt
      Can someone tell me, Is there a way that you can get it to display on anyone's screen whether they have that specific font installed or not??
      The only way is with graphics or flash, and neither would be appropriate for entire pages.

      Here's a reference article:
      http://www.fontcraft.com/scriptorium/wfarticle.html

      While even they say you could offer the font for download, there are two issues I have with this:

      1. Installing a font on the computer is not a no-brainer task for everyone. Unless you have a font manager you have to navigate through directories, then close all apps and restart them to see it take effect.

      2. Many FREE fonts you download are not free. Many are pay-for or shareware, yet I see them listed on free font sites all the time. This means there are many hard-working font creators out there seeing very little return for their time.
      Best,
      Pamela

      Consultant / Developer / Trainer
      Contributing Editor to Practical Ecommerce
      Author of the Official Guides for Miva Merchant
      pamelahazelton.com

      Comment

        #4
        Re: Font help please

        you can try embedding it - but ofcourse there are some issues with this too

        http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol3/css_no15.htm

        You might be able to minimize some of the issues - using some conditionals for browser versions.
        Last edited by nordicwolf; 02-20-07, 06:42 PM.

        Comment

        Previous template Next
        Working...
        X