Re: Cross Browser Fonts

You are correct.  The only time I use a non standard font is on intranets
when I know exactly what everyone has installed.

Tim


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Fields" <sandy(at)sannicron.com>
To: <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: Cross Browser Fonts


> At 02:48 PM 03/29/01, Kathy Wargo wrote:
> >Could anyone recommend some good cross browser fonts?
> >
> >I hate to make up graphics just because Netscape and IE interpret fonts
so
> >differently.
>
> I'm not positive, but aren't the fonts more of a client/user thing rather
> than a browser thing?  I mean if you use a font that the viewer doesn't
> have in their computer, it doesn't matter what browser they're using...
> they still won't be able to read it.  But if you use a font that they do
> have in their computer, both IE and NN can read it.  I think that's the
> reason people make graphics, not because of the browser... but because
> there's no way to be sure that every viewer has the font that you're
> using... unless you use only standard fonts, which gets pretty boring.
>
> Now.. keep in mind that this is what I've always thought and assumed.  If
> I'm wrong about this I hope someone will correct me.
>
> -- Sandy
> Sannicron Web Design
> http://www.sannicron.com
>
>
>

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