Re: Fonts and Graphics, Graphics and Fonts

Hello Sheila,

I use Paint Shop Pro to create gif graphics for my web sites.  As long as
the font you want is loaded on your system, just create the graphic you need
with just about any kind of background (transparent, etc.).  The section
headings on my site (below) are done that way.  The gifs at the top
(flaming/glowing) were created using the tools at flamingtext.com, a freebie
site.  It has a huge selection of fonts; you may find the one you need to
use is available there (you have to use the fonts available on their web
site:

http://www.flamingtext.com/

My page is at:

http://www.hauntedhalloweencastle.com/not4kidz.html

to see examples.

Hope this helps,

Caryl

> >Hello list,
>  >
>  > I have found a font that is exactly what I want for my
>  >fledgling company,
>  >have purchased and downloaded it, and have produced stuff in Word like
tags
>  >and letterhead, etc.  Now I need to use the same fontface to produce
>  >graphics for my web site.  How do I get the font into a gif, given that
I
>  >can't afford Photoshop or similar (do have the Photoshop Business
Edition
>  >which is severely limited), and scanned images of the font look, well,
>  >shabby?  And will visitors to my site have to download the font to see
text
>  >in it if they don't already have the font, which they (guaranteed)
won't?  I
>  >suspect they will, which is why I'd like to treat the text as an image.
Is
>  >there freeware that can do this?  Haven't run across any myself but
since
>  >graphics is not my area of expertise I may not be recognizing it when I
see
>  >it.
>  >
>  >Thanks for any help,
>  >SP

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