Re: Geneva font for Mac...

Gary--

I should have added that Geneva is a TrueType font. The original 
Geneva was part of the font set that shipped with early versions of 
the Mac operating system, before TrueType existed, even before 
PostScript existed. It was a bit-mapped font, suitable for the 
screen, but kind of jaggedy when printed (back in the days of the 
9-pin ImageWriters).

When Apple switched to TrueType technology, a TrueType version of 
Geneva became available.

Some of these changes were related to licensing issues: i.e., Adobe 
owns PostScript.

BTW, I think you probably can find a shareware application that would 
enable you to convert a Mac TrueType font to a Windows version, 
although I don't think you'd really want to bother with that.

Also, I wonder whether your client really wants Geneva; or whether 
your client requested it because s/he is only familiar with the 
limited set that ships with the Mac. You might want to try showing 
your client some text using Verdana. With stylesheets, you can 
specify font priorities, so Geneva (or Arial) could be a backup font 
that would be used if the other choices aren't available.



--Jeff




>A client has asked for the Geneva font on his Mac to be the web site font.
>What would an equivalent True Type font be?
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Gary

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