Display of fonts on webpages

[Guest]

I have designed web pages with various fonts (e.g., Gill Sans, Lucida
Calligraphy, Ravie). These fonts appear on the webpages displayed on my
computer screen. However, when I have visited others, I find the fonts
displayed as Times New Roman on their computer screens.

I notice that the other computers don't have all the fonts installed. I
understand that these users would not get the missing font if they
copied/pasted text from the webpage to their Word document; another font
would be substituted. But why doesn't the right font appear on their screen
when they access the webpage?

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

You've answered your own question. If they don't have the font on their
machine they're not gonna see it in that font face.


|I have designed web pages with various fonts (e.g., Gill Sans, Lucida
| Calligraphy, Ravie). These fonts appear on the webpages displayed on my
| computer screen. However, when I have visited others, I find the fonts
| displayed as Times New Roman on their computer screens.
|
| I notice that the other computers don't have all the fonts installed. I
| understand that these users would not get the missing font if they
| copied/pasted text from the webpage to their Word document; another font
| would be substituted. But why doesn't the right font appear on their
screen
| when they access the webpage?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Because the font must be installed on their PC to be displayed, same as working in any other
application.

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