Conferting to GIF format

[David]

How can I convert some text into a GIF format form that I
can use as a heading on a web page without being concerned
about the font being used? Some of the fonts I would like
to use on web pages are not those that are commonly
available by other users who access our web site. If I
could build a line or two of text as a graphic (GIF ?),
then I could insert it as I have need and not have to
worry about whether a visitor to our web site had that
same font or not.

David

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

If you have an image editing programming, such as photoshop, etc., that's
where it's done.
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| How can I convert some text into a GIF format form that I
| can use as a heading on a web page without being concerned
| about the font being used? Some of the fonts I would like
| to use on web pages are not those that are commonly
| available by other users who access our web site. If I
| could build a line or two of text as a graphic (GIF ?),
| then I could insert it as I have need and not have to
| worry about whether a visitor to our web site had that
| same font or not.
|
| David
|

 

[Matt]

I don't know how to do that but can you put the fonts up
for download on your site?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Use a image application and type your text and select your font, then save
as GIF.

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[Tom Pepper Willett]

Food for thought: How many people do you think are really going to download
and install the fonts on their computer?
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Tom Pepper Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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| I don't know how to do that but can you put the fonts up
| for download on your site?
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >How can I convert some text into a GIF format form that I
| >can use as a heading on a web page without being
| concerned
| >about the font being used? Some of the fonts I would
| like
| >to use on web pages are not those that are commonly
| >available by other users who access our web site. If I
| >could build a line or two of text as a graphic (GIF ?),
| >then I could insert it as I have need and not have to
| >worry about whether a visitor to our web site had that
| >same font or not.
| >
| >David
| >
| >.
| >

 

[JL Amerson]

Don't forget about the legal issues of allowing people to download a font
that isn't theirs to distribute.

 

[kleo]

i use JASC Paint Shop Pro image editing software. it is
fairly easy to learn, very powerful and you can apply text
to any image or create a text only image and then save it
as a gif. it even compresses it for you. kleo

 

[kleo]

tom is right in his answer. i have done some research into
this myself after trial and error and found that the only
way to garantee that a font will be seen is to learn and
use an image editing program, put exotic fonts into an
image(gif/jpeg) and use web save or common fonts for the
main body of the page.
www.microsoft.com/topography/fonts/default.asp lists the
most common fonts.

 

[Guy]

Try creating a text box in another office program then save the text box as
picture when you are done.