Font visibility

[matpj]

Hi,

can anyone tell me how I can ensure that fonts are visible on users machines?

in the past when fiddling with websites I have noticed that fonts seem to default to Times New Roman - when I use a fancy font.
Is it a case of uploading the TTF file for the font to the web space??

 

[uridium]

There is no easy way. You can embed fonts on a web page, but its not widely supported and different browsers do it in different ways.

The best way is to accept the fonts users already have. I tend to use:

font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;

Obviously I adjust those to suit the situation - you can remove fonts or add others to the list on the off chance users will have them.

If you want to use another font, do it as a graphic AND GIVE IT ALT TEXT. If its a header (<h1> etc), a good way is described at

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1221

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