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ModernRevolutions
01-31-2011, 12:24 AM
Hi, I would like to use a font that my visitors might not have. For example if I wanted to use the font "LeviBrush" and i had it, it would show up, however if my visitor did not, it would go to the default Times New Roman. How can I make it so it will show them the font I see without them having to download it?
Like this site (http://heartdrops.org/) uses on its header.
bluewalrus
01-31-2011, 01:04 AM
It will only work with cs3 compatible browsers. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-fonts/#the-font-face-rule
actually, even though it was dropped from the CSS2 spec, most borwsers support @font-face now. (Even IE - as low as version 5.)
The implementation is tedious, however. Browsers all have different support for font formats (most support .otf and .ttf, but IE <9 only supports .eot - a proprietary MS format).
Most importantly, you need to have a font that is licensed for use on the web (and for commercial use, as appropriate). This is not as simple as it seems - most fonts that come with your system, or can be purchased in a font pack, are not licensed in this way.
here's a good introductory article (http://www.miltonbayer.com/font-face/).
google also has a web font directory (http://code.google.com/webfonts).
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