web page the font defaults to a basic font why?

[Guest]

I used the font BEACH and BANGLE but when I publish my website, it defaults
to a standard Times New Roman Font. WHY and how do I fix it??

 

[Steve Easton]

Fonts will only display if they are installed on every computer that visits the web site.
To fix it requires that everyone download and install the font.
Most people won't

If you're just using it for logos, take a screen shot and then edit / crop it in an image editor
and use the image.



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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
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[Mark Fitzpatrick]

In addition to what Steve says, a lot of the fonts people try to use cannot
simply be downloaded and installed as it's illegal to distribute third-party
fonts outside of the application that supplied them. You can embed them into
things like Illustrator drawings or PDFs, but providing them for download so
someone can see your web site better is a no-no.

MS does have a tool that can embed fonts in a web page called WEFT
(www.microsoft.com/typography) but it's mainly a waste of time since it only
works in IE, is quirky, and most people hate non-standard fonts anyways.