Why are the fonts not the same when I bring up the site?

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I used an industrial-looking font when I created the site in FrontPage, but
when other people pull the site up, the font has changed...is this because
the other people may not have the font on their computers?
 
Correct. If a user doesn't have a font on their computer it will revert to
the typical default web font, which is normally Times New Roman. There's
actually a very limited set of fonts that you can guarantee to be on
someone's computer such as Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, etc.. If
you really, really need part of a page to appear a certain way, it's best to
do it with an image. Such as when you have a product picture and want to put
a few lines of text next to it in order to give it some punch. Microsft has
a tool called Windows Embedded Font Tool (WEFT) which can be downloaded at
www.microsoft.com/typography. This tool can be used to embed some fonts in
web pages, but I wouldnt' use it as it increases the size of the page and
most users don't like non-standard fonts in web pages.
 
Forgot to mention, WEFT only works on IE browsers. It won't work on any
other browser such as FireFox or Opera.
 
....and WEFT still requires interaction from the user to download the font.
How many do you think would actually do that?


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Tom Willett
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| Forgot to mention, WEFT only works on IE browsers. It won't work on any
| other browser such as FireFox or Opera.
|
|
| --
| Hope this helps,
| Mark Fitzpatrick
| Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
|
| | > Correct. If a user doesn't have a font on their computer it will revert
to
| > the typical default web font, which is normally Times New Roman. There's
| > actually a very limited set of fonts that you can guarantee to be on
| > someone's computer such as Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana, Tahoma,
etc..
| > If you really, really need part of a page to appear a certain way, it's
| > best to do it with an image. Such as when you have a product picture and
| > want to put a few lines of text next to it in order to give it some
punch.
| > Microsft has a tool called Windows Embedded Font Tool (WEFT) which can
be
| > downloaded at www.microsoft.com/typography. This tool can be used to
embed
| > some fonts in web pages, but I wouldnt' use it as it increases the size
of
| > the page and most users don't like non-standard fonts in web pages.
| >
| >
| > --
| > Hope this helps,
| > Mark Fitzpatrick
| > Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
| >
| > | >>I used an industrial-looking font when I created the site in FrontPage,
| >>but
| >> when other people pull the site up, the font has changed...is this
| >> because
| >> the other people may not have the font on their computers?
| >
| >
|
|
 
I agree. I don't think WEFT really took off and I don't think I'd want to
download fonts from a site (I won't even do it from emails). The best bet
is to use graphics when you want to use a non-standard font.
 
I think it's a waste of time to even mention it. It's just flat not a
viable or semi-viable solution.
 
And a big security hole!

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|I think it's a waste of time to even mention it. It's just flat not a
| viable or semi-viable solution.
|
| --
| Murray
| --------------
| MVP FrontPage
|
|
| | >I agree. I don't think WEFT really took off and I don't think I'd want to
| >download fonts from a site (I won't even do it from emails). The best bet
| >is to use graphics when you want to use a non-standard font.
| >
| >
| > | >> ...and WEFT still requires interaction from the user to download the
| >> font.
| >> How many do you think would actually do that?
| >>
| >>
| >> --
| >> ===
| >> Tom Willett
| >> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| >> ---
| >> FrontPage Support:
| >> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
| >> ===
| >> | >> | Forgot to mention, WEFT only works on IE browsers. It won't work on any
| >> | other browser such as FireFox or Opera.
| >> |
| >> |
| >> | --
| >> | Hope this helps,
| >> | Mark Fitzpatrick
| >> | Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
| >> |
| >> | | >> | > Correct. If a user doesn't have a font on their computer it will
| >> revert
| >> to
| >> | > the typical default web font, which is normally Times New Roman.
| >> There's
| >> | > actually a very limited set of fonts that you can guarantee to be on
| >> | > someone's computer such as Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana, Tahoma,
| >> etc..
| >> | > If you really, really need part of a page to appear a certain way,
| >> it's
| >> | > best to do it with an image. Such as when you have a product picture
| >> and
| >> | > want to put a few lines of text next to it in order to give it some
| >> punch.
| >> | > Microsft has a tool called Windows Embedded Font Tool (WEFT) which
| >> can
| >> be
| >> | > downloaded at www.microsoft.com/typography. This tool can be used to
| >> embed
| >> | > some fonts in web pages, but I wouldnt' use it as it increases the
| >> size
| >> of
| >> | > the page and most users don't like non-standard fonts in web pages.
| >> | >
| >> | >
| >> | > --
| >> | > Hope this helps,
| >> | > Mark Fitzpatrick
| >> | > Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
| >> | >
| >> | > | >> | >>I used an industrial-looking font when I created the site in
| >> FrontPage,
| >> | >>but
| >> | >> when other people pull the site up, the font has changed...is this
| >> | >> because
| >> | >> the other people may not have the font on their computers?
| >> | >
| >> | >
| >> |
| >> |
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
 
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