Need to embed font with web site

[thrilog]

Problem: I had used full of verdana font in my web site, in case of the client machine not having verdana font it automatically using the web safe default font as Times New Roman.

Solution looking for: In this case my web page should be view/appear with Verdana. How can I incorporate the verdana (or what ever I wish) font with source code OR advice me any alternate solution for the design issue.

Look forward your kind responses.
Thanks in advance!

Thirilog

[jamie_di]

Hi :)

In your CSS if you set your font as the Verdana family you should have no issues, if they don't have verdana it will set it to a sans-serif, which everybody has :).

for example

CSS


p {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #000;
font-weight: normal
}


Hope that helps :)

[Twey]

Note: Verdana really shouldn't be used (http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html) on the Web.

There have been a couple of attempts at embedding fonts into pages throughout the years, but none have really taken off — mostly because they weren't bandwidth-efficient. The answer, then, is sadly that no, you can't do this. You might try an image if you just need it for headings, but under no circumstances use an image for the main text of the page, and don't forget to provide an alt text.

[thrilog]

Thanks for your response!

The reason I’m decided to embed font into the web application is:
The end user of our product (web application—internal purpose) is composers (Macintosh users—working in font based jobs, they have been using limited fonts as per the job requirement); we can’t expect them to have the font which we used in our web application.

So we are in need to embed the Verdana font onto our web application itself.

Can you kindly help me out?

[Twey]

The answer, then, is sadly that no, you can't do this. You might try an image if you just need it for headings, but under no circumstances use an image for the main text of the page, and don't forget to provide an alt text.If the font is vital enough to the usage of the page, and your users have no alternative, then you could offer it for download and give installation instructions.