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| Thread ID: 57995 | 2005-05-18 08:23:00 | Self-Installing fonts on Website | Dannz (1668) | Press F1 |
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| 356258 | 2005-05-18 08:23:00 | Does anyone know of a script that can, when a site is loaded, install certain fonts onto the viewers computer? | Dannz (1668) | ||
| 356259 | 2005-05-18 08:58:00 | Installing items onto a viewers computer when that website is loaded sounds a little ... risky. Shouldn't the PC's security settings prevent this? Why do you need this to happen? Just curious. :) | Jen (38) | ||
| 356260 | 2005-05-18 09:03:00 | I think the only way to make sure someone viewing your site sees the font you want them to is if it's in an image. With CSS you can specify multiple fonts to use if your first choice isn't on the viewers computer. | ad_267 (6193) | ||
| 356261 | 2005-05-18 09:21:00 | Maybe you should ask the spyware people how they install files .. hmm probably ActiveX :D No way doing this apart from having a link to the fonts and having some install instructions (for the PC, the Mac and Linux... other platforms) You should just use CSS to specify fonts in the order of preference but forcing fonts (type or indeed size) on people is annoying (they may have their own preferences due to sight problems). With PHP or similiar you could install the fonts on the web server and create images (or PDFs) that use these fonts and insert them on web pages as GIFs. I can't recommend it really though - text should be actual text. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 356262 | 2005-05-18 09:49:00 | Jen: At school i have the fonts for a site installed on one computer. They are needed for the site to look right So when the teacher who is marking it (at home or on a comp i am not allowed to use) views it, it wont look right |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 356263 | 2005-05-18 09:57:00 | I'm no web building expert (big understatement :p), but surely if you have designed a website that is not viewable on other computers, that is a major fault? Surely the teacher will mark you down for this? Sorry, getting OT from your question, but I'm interested. :) | Jen (38) | ||
| 356264 | 2005-05-18 10:00:00 | Im not too sure, i dont think that is in the requrements Only to build a 3 page site with Navigation, 2 Pictures and relevant text Very simple unit standard. (NCEA Level 2) |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 356265 | 2005-05-18 10:09:00 | I don't see why your site shouldn't work without a specific font. Most websites should display properly with any font. | ad_267 (6193) | ||
| 356266 | 2005-05-18 10:11:00 | Its part of the theme | Dannz (1668) | ||
| 356267 | 2005-05-18 11:47:00 | Theres several solutions to your problem, most of which are probably 'too big a hammer for the nail'. WEFT (www.microsoft.com) - its 'microsoft made' proprietry stuff, so will only work on IE5.5+ (a tutorial (www.createblog.com) on the WEFT) sIFR (www.mikeindustries.com) - uses javascript to trapse over your document for marked out headings, and replaces the text with a flash version of the text formatted with a desired font face (example (www.mikeindustries.com)). obviously needs flash plugin installed (well, not really, but for it to work...). I'm sure you can link a ttf font file from a css file but cant remember exactly how and whther its well supported. |
sal (67) | ||
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