Font download to web client

[Microsoft]

I have a font that most systems will not have. How do I get the font to the
client.

The font is identified in the CSS page.

TIA,

Steve

 

[Will Asrari]

What I usually if I have a font that I know the user will not have is
create navigation images using the font. If there is a large amount of
text that needs to be displayed then I will create an actual image to
display instead.

If I can help it at all I will avoid using extravagant and uncommon
fonts. I mainly try to stick to so-called "web fonts" (i.e. Verdana,
Arial, etc...).

 

[Microsoft]

Isnt there a way to embed the font.

I would use an image, but then the product name, which is using the uncommon
font in question, need to be text so the search engine will pick it up.

I know Flash MX, the user will download the font it they do not have it.

Thanks,

Steve

 

[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

Isnt there a way to embed the font.

I would use an image, but then the product name, which is using the uncommon
font in question, need to be text so the search engine will pick it up.

I know Flash MX, the user will download the font it they do not have it.

Thanks,

Steve

On a side note, images should always have an "alt" attribute, which is
the alternate text being displayed when the image cannot be displayed
(text-only browsers, mobile browsers with images turned off, or simply
error with the image). The search engines robots use the "alt" text
index the website.

HTH,
Laurent

 

[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

What I usually if I have a font that I know the user will not have is
create navigation images using the font. If there is a large amount of
text that needs to be displayed then I will create an actual image to
display instead.

If I can help it at all I will avoid using extravagant and uncommon
fonts. I mainly try to stick to so-called "web fonts" (i.e. Verdana,
Arial, etc...).

Arial, Verdana etc are not even available on all systems (Arial is not
available on Macintosh, for example). To be really safe, there are the
generic font-families:
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-fonts/#generic-font-families

HTH,
Laurent