I agree with Larry,
It took ages to download on a standard dial up connection (Some 15 minutes
later  xfiles.wav is still loading!!)

I think embedded font technology is OK for fast connections, but converting
everything into an image may be faster!

Incidently the music has just started (18 minutes :>)

Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Coats" <lcoats(at)gte.net>
Cc: <hwg-style(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: Serif fonts


> Lisa Bradshaw wrote:
>
> > Has anyone considered embedding the fonts? Microsoft has a free program
you
> > can download that will embed fonts. It works similar to a cookie I
guess.
> > What it does is temporarily download the embedded font to the users
system
> > when they view the page. When they leave the page the font is removed
from
> > their system.
> >
> > I used this program for my last web page. It was a Bigfoot page and I
wanted
> > to use a creepy looking font. I found a font named x-files and embedded
it
> > on my page. Check out my site to see what I mean. ps. it's best to use
IE5.5
> > or higher or Netscape 6 because of the css I'm using. Check it out and
let
> > me know what you think:
> > http://www.se.mediaone.net/~zibbler/index.htm
>
>
> 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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