embed a font on a web page

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Is there any way that I can embed a font on my web page so that when someone goes to my site in a different version of windows, the front that I created the page in shows up in their version as well?

Thank you,
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[Jack Brewster]

Debra,

The short answer is yes, you can. You can take a look at the WEFT tool from
Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/embedding/weft3/

It's important to note that there are some serious limitations if you go
down this route.

First and foremost, WEFT enabled sites will only work in Internet Explorer.
While IE has the lion's share of the market, it's not the only browser out
there. Depending on the nature of your site, chances are you have a wide
variety of browser types visiting.

A second drawback is that WEFT only works if the visitor allows the font to
download into their browser in the first place. Although the download is
enabled by default, many users disable this capability. A lot of folks
don't want to download unknown files onto their computer.

There is additional overhead with font embedding as well since a user will
need to download the font file before the page renders correctly. That can
make your pages slower to download.

In general, the advice you will see here regarding embedding is to just
avoid it.

Good luck!

--
Jack Brewster - Microsoft FrontPage MVP

Is there any way that I can embed a font on my web page so that when

someone goes to my site in a different version of windows, the front that I
created the page in shows up in their version as well?

 

[JL Amerson]

From the viewer side, I'm not about to download anything from a site that I
don't REALLY want. Can you say virus or spyware? Besides, I have sooooooooo
many fonts (and I just bought a package from The Scriptorium about an hour
ago) that the last thing I need is another font.

And aren't there legal issues that haven't been covered? I just paid for
these fonts. If I used WEFT, then my viewers would have it for free,
wouldn't they? And the EULA I agreed to does not allow me to do that anyway.
--

JoAnn

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