|
Subject:
|
Automatic font downloading
|
|
Posted By:
|
anubhav.kumar
|
Post Date:
|
11/18/2004 3:38:47 AM
|
hi to all
i want to check whether a particular font is available on the client machine before my page is rendered. if not so the font should be downloaded from my site.
how can i achieve this?
Anubhav Kumar
|
|
Reply By:
|
mat41
|
Reply Date:
|
11/18/2004 7:17:25 PM
|
Interesting question, I am not sure you can do this easily. Anyhow, are you aware you can set as many font types as you want in a style sheet? Eg:
TD {FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica}
In the above example if verdana is not installed it will look for arial, if not helvetica etc....
Additionally, IMO if I was browsing a web site and got prompted to download a font there is no way I would accept the download. People don’t accept downloads like they used to now days, would you?
Also:
1..Not all fonts are compatible with all machines
2..Fonts must be installed correctly by someone with administrative privileges, a general user couldn’t install a font even if they wanted to.
Wind is your friend
Matt
|
|
Reply By:
|
anubhav.kumar
|
Reply Date:
|
11/19/2004 4:20:00 AM
|
hi Matt
thanks for response.
I want to point out that ...
1.My site is targeted to Indian surfers mainly.
2.I have to provide content in the national language that is hindi.
3. I have no idea about using embeded fonts in dynamic pages like the one provided by Microsoft's WEFT Tool
Please guide me...
Anubhav Kumar
|
|
Reply By:
|
rajanikrishna
|
Reply Date:
|
11/19/2004 5:04:42 AM
|
Hi,
http://www.spoono.com/html/tutorials/tutorial.php?url=embeddingfonts
----------
Rajani
|
|
Reply By:
|
mat41
|
Reply Date:
|
11/19/2004 3:56:15 PM
|
rajanikrishna
Looks like a very useful link! have you used this tool?
Wind is your friend
Matt
|
|
Reply By:
|
anubhav.kumar
|
Reply Date:
|
11/20/2004 3:20:40 AM
|
Dear Rajani
thanks for the link.
What about font embeding in the dynamic pages.
Weft Tool asks for the static html pages to apply font embeding
Anubhav Kumar
|
|
Reply By:
|
rajanikrishna
|
Reply Date:
|
11/20/2004 3:33:49 AM
|
Hi,
http://members.tripod.com/~bhaavana/embedded/faq.html
This might be useful for u.
---------------
Rajani
|
|
Reply By:
|
mat41
|
Reply Date:
|
11/20/2004 4:38:20 PM
|
rajanikrishna
have you used this tool?
Wind is your friend
Matt
|
