Adding Fonts For E-Mail

[Bobby Jones]

My system has lots of different fonts, but only seven or eight are
available with my e-mail. Is there a way to get more e-mail fonts available?

 

[Leonard Grey]

What email program is "my email"?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My system has lots of different fonts, but only seven or eight are
available with my e-mail. Is there a way to get more e-mail fonts available?

Two points:

1. The answer to your question likely depends at least in part on what
e-mail program you use. It's extremely difficult to give you any help
unless you tell us that.

2. Many of us (me, for example) *never* want to get html e-mail
messages using fonts, colors, sizes, etc. If you ever send me a
message, please be sure to send it in plain text.

 

[Bobby Jones]

What email program is "my email"?
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Bobby Jones wrote:The page shows 'Windows Live - Hotmail.' Or is there some other place to look? (I'm not exactly a computer whiz!)

 

[Malke]

Two points:

1. The answer to your question likely depends at least in part on what
e-mail program you use. It's extremely difficult to give you any help
unless you tell us that.

2. Many of us (me, for example) *never* want to get html e-mail
messages using fonts, colors, sizes, etc. If you ever send me a
message, please be sure to send it in plain text.

And just to add to your excellent advice, the OP should know that he can
take hours picking out what he thinks is *just* the right font but if the
recipient doesn't have the same font on his/her system, it won't appear.
Like you, I'm not interested in getting singing, dancing, flashing, colorful
email. Just type the d*mn message already!

Malke

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

And just to add to your excellent advice, the OP should know that he can
take hours picking out what he thinks is *just* the right font but if the
recipient doesn't have the same font on his/her system, it won't appear.

Yep!


Like you, I'm not interested in getting singing, dancing, flashing, colorful
email. Just type the d*mn message already!

Thanks for the excellent addition, with which I agree. It reminds me
of a friend of mine who, several years ago, used to send me message in
red on a black background, which I could barely make out at all. I
finally told him to either change to plain text or stop sending me
anything at all.

He switched to plain text!

 

[Bobby Jones]

I wasn't trying to get too creative in using a different font - maybe just
using one with cleaner and bolder lines, making it easier to read. And I do
know about clicking to make the type bolder. But now - what do I do with all
the fonts this computer has? There must be at least 50 of them. Just
exactly what is their purpose? Are they for creators of websites?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I wasn't trying to get too creative in using a different font - maybe just
using one with cleaner and bolder lines, making it easier to read.

My perspective is that anything other than plain text is much more
likely to make it *harder* to read.

But your choice, of course (as long as you aren't sending me
messages).

And I do
know about clicking to make the type bolder. But now - what do I do with all
the fonts this computer has? There must be at least 50 of them. Just
exactly what is their purpose? Are they for creators of websites?

They are primarily for use in word processing programs--for example,
if you use them for something like producing a newsletter.

 

[Malke]

I wasn't trying to get too creative in using a different font - maybe just
using one with cleaner and bolder lines, making it easier to read. And I
do
know about clicking to make the type bolder. But now - what do I do with
all
the fonts this computer has? There must be at least 50 of them. Just
exactly what is their purpose? Are they for creators of websites?

Again, if you pick out a font you like and I don't have it installed on my
computer (which isn't running Windows so there's a good chance I don't), I
won't see your fancy font when I read your message. I'll see some other
font, probably Helvetica.

Fonts are for word processing programs, greeting card programs, brochure-
making programs, etc. No, you wouldn't normally use fancy fonts in a website
either for the same reason I outlined in my first paragraph. Unless your
website title is actually an *image* using a fancy font, I won't see your
fancy font on the webpage itself unless I have it installed. I might even
see symbols instead of letters.

Fonts for email messages and websites should be picked for being common
across different platforms and readable. Usually going with the defaults is
fine. A simple sans serif is always good and clean.

Malke

 

[Bobby Jones]

Thanks for everyone's help. I appreciate the expert advice and information
about fonts. You all were a big help.