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§ereņa
07-27-2002, 11:52 PM
Does anyone know if u can embed fonts into a HTML document. Is it possible, if so what is the tag?

many thnx

:cool:
omniseus
09-01-2002, 04:41 PM
If you mean to have the font downloaded as soon as the user visits the web-page then I don't think it would be possible.

If you mean to change the font (which I doubt) then you'll want the <font> tag (there are hundreds of tutorials).

As for work-arounds. If it's just a small piece of text you could always save it as an image, or offer the font to download (although it's unlikely to be a popular choice).

Unless it's vital to the page/site you're building I'd recommend Verdana as it's tried, tested, and looks good to boot :)
koop
10-06-2002, 11:56 AM
embeding fonts isn't a good idea beacuse of compatibilty issues. Your best bet is to use the basic web fonts.
ade2055
10-06-2002, 02:24 PM
yes koop is right
jeaniesing
10-06-2002, 05:19 PM
but omnesius has a point.... use any art or photo program to place your text - then create a '.gif' you can have any font you want that way..... as long as you stuck to basic colors and reasonably small pictures they load quickly enough
§ereņa
10-06-2002, 08:54 PM
thnx 4 the advice guys much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chivs
10-29-2002, 06:35 AM
However images are limited if your site is dynamic and you may have a font that displays special symbols like musical notation but you don't want to keep creating images:

If your OK with CSS use this layout in your css style

@font-face {
font-family: Goudy Stout;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 700;
src: url(GOUDYST0.eot);}

reference it like normal in your HTML:

<font face="Goudy Stout">Serena</font>

The only snag is you have to create a .eot file using a piece of software called Microsoft WEFT (Web Embedding Fonts Tool) www.microsoft.com/typography/web/embedding/weft3/default.htm?fname=%20&fsize= which looks at your website and adds all the fonts your currently using into this file (why not all?:( )

It sounds like a lot of work and hard.. but it's ok. It is microsoft specific though - I won't go into netscapes version zzZZ I've kipped myself

more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/fontface.asp

Of course failing this I suggest you just plug your fingers straight into the mains and turn the power on - it has the same effect on your brain... :)
§ereņa
10-29-2002, 11:17 PM
wow Chivs u really know ur stuff :thumbsup:

on second thoughts....maybe i should just go and stick my finger in the mains :D:D:D
Chivs
10-31-2002, 02:21 AM
lol

Thats what I did - anything to avoid Microsoft meltdown - besides who needs to read chinese when youve got english? :hit:
§ereņa
10-31-2002, 02:23 AM
hehehe :D:D:D
mikotheboss
12-12-2002, 06:03 AM
There is a good program for embeding fonts . u can download from
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/embedding/weft3/default.htm
I've tried it with alot of new fonts and it worked. Let me informed with ur results.
(,") Miko (",)
§ereņa
12-12-2002, 10:37 PM
oh, thank u.....i had forgetten about this thread....i shall check it out :thumbsup: