FrontPage 2000 questions RE: fonts

[RCAsr]

I am trying to build my first web page for a club I'm in
and I am having trouble using fonts which are viewable by
other machines. I am using a font I downloaded but when
others view the page the font has defaulted to Times New
Roman. What can I do?

Thanks...

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

I am trying to build my first web page for a club I'm in
and I am having trouble using fonts which are viewable
by other machines. I am using a font I downloaded but
when others view the page the font has defaulted to
Times New Roman. What can I do?

Not much.

As you've discovered, there's no guarantee that anyone
else on the Web has the same fonts you have. The usual
solution is to stick with generic fonts except possibly
for headlines and other small but important elements,
where you can display a graphic of the text rather than
the text itself.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
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[chris leeds]

use a common font. if the user doesn't have the same font you're using
their browser will decide. you can also use cascading style sheets to
specify several fonts and then you'll at least get close to what you want.
in the end you don't have much control over what a user sees because each
machine/ monitor/ operating system etc. will show differently.
IMHO

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

That's not going to make non-standard fonts appear on browsers that don't
have them installed.
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| >-----Original Message-----
| >I am trying to build my first web page for a club I'm in
| >and I am having trouble using fonts which are viewable
| by
| >other machines. I am using a font I downloaded but when
| >others view the page the font has defaulted to Times New
| >Roman. What can I do?
| >
| >Thanks...
| >.
| >