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Schitzoboy
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Yes
Insane since: Feb 2001

posted posted 02-06-2002 05:21

I'm curios. I reaching the point of my design where I'm gonna choose the main font for all of my content. How do you all go about this with CSS now? Is it possible to have a font uploaded with my webpage so that EVERYONE no matter what browser or OS can view my site with the same font? Or am I still limited to font familys etc. What can I do to make sure that my font doesn't vary so much from system to system that it won't screw with my layout or at the very least look out of place. Also, whats the best sizing unit? em, px?

Thanks,
Schitzo

mr.maX
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Belgrade, Serbia
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 02-06-2002 06:52

There exist a few techniques for embedding fonts, but they are not widely supported. So, it's best to stick with standard fonts like Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Times New Roman, etc...


Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 02-06-2002 07:33

And then, just in case they don't have that specific font, specify a font family as the last element of the list, such as "sans serif" or "serif" or a few other things that I don't know off the top of my head.

Perfect Thunder
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milwaukee
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 02-06-2002 10:03

Here's one answer to what units to use for your fonts.

Emperor
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 02-06-2002 14:28

SB: mr.maX is right and it isn't worth looking into NS and IE's techniques for embedding fonts. Have a look through the specs:
www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html

If you want to define fonts more specifically (esp. obscure ones) there is @font-face:
www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#font-descriptions

but I've never used it and I'm not sure what kind of support there is for it.

Emps

Schitzoboy
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Yes
Insane since: Feb 2001

posted posted 02-06-2002 17:19

Thanks everybody. Those articles awnsered all my questions



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