Re: Serif fonts

by "Lisa Bradshaw" <zibbler(at)mediaone.net>

Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2001 15:41:02 -0400
To:	<thewolves(at)bigfoot.com>
Cc:	<hwg-style(at)mail.hwg.org>
References:	dale genuity mediaone gte
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Wow! Thanks for letting me know. I checked it on my own system using a cable
modem, so it downloaded fine for me. I went to Microsoft to see why Netscape
didn't show it. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. As usual, Microsoft
makes stuff that usually only works with their own products. Turns out not
all browsers, and for that matter isp's, accept embedded fonts. What else is
new. I guess I'll have to find an alternative. Maybe giving the user an
option of downloading the font?

Thanks,
Lisa

> I can't say I was terribly impressed. I visited first with Netscape 6.1.
> The page downloaded quickly. The text was displayed in the default Times
> font.
>
> I tried with IE 5. The page quickly transformed to a black screen. I sat
> watching for some time, and it simply remained a black screen. I
> eventually did some things in other windows, and when I came back it had
> finally displayed. Looks nice, all right, but I had given up on anything
> ever showing up and could have been long gone before the page ever
> displayed.
>
> So, no, I guess I won't consider using this approach.
>
> Larry Coats
>
>
>

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