Fonts in a Website using Dreamweaver

[Cathy]

I am using Dreamweaver to lay out my first website... after putting the site up on my server and viewing it from a couple of different computers, I noticed that the some of the fonts I used are not showing, and are instead defauting to Times New Roman. Is there a way to 'attach' or code into a website a particular font?

(I did discover where you can 'edit the font list' in dreamweaver - and I did that... but b/c it didn't work across platforms, so I guess I didn't do it right.)

Thanks!

[casedsgn]

Cathy, you can't embed fonts into html files...so you're at the mercy of what the user has installed on thier computer. You can use style sheets to assign a certain group of similar fonts, as well as control leading, tracking, size and style of your fonts.

see --> here (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#font-specification) <---

[3howards]

i would suggest you stick with the fonts available for all viewers. it seems amateurish to try and use more than what's available. keep it simple. it's easier on your viewers to maintain a font family throughout your site and looks more professional.

my $0.02

[casedsgn]

Exactly...if my post above in any way sounded like 'use any fonts you want'...that's not what I meant... Stick with a VERY common serif, or a sans-serif font family. The reasone you specify a family is to keep as consistent as possible, without the computer choosing an entirley different look for you (i.e. times when it's suppossed to be helvetica)...say you assign 'helvetica, verdana, arial' as your font family...if the user doesn't have helvetica, it'll show up as verdana, and if they don't have either of the first two...they'll see arial. Get it. Like 3howards said, KEEP IT SIMPLE! If it's an absolute must to use a custom font for a header or something...make it a graphic.

[Cathy]

Got ya. That's what I thought... but I wanted to make sure. Thanks and hopefully I'll have my site up soon so I can get your opinion.

[Benjamin]

But for information, see this article about embedding fonts: webdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa040202a.htm (http://webdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa040202a.htm)

http://www.jackfruitdesign.com/
Om Namah Shivaya

[Benjamin]

And this is useful: a survey of most common available fonts across platforms: www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_fonts.htm (http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_fonts.htm)

http://www.jackfruitdesign.com/
Om Namah Shivaya

[treggs]

Cathy, you can't embed fonts into html files...so you're at the mercy of what the user has installed on thier computer. You can use style sheets to assign a certain group of similar fonts, as well as control leading, tracking, size and style of your fonts.

see --> here (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#font-specification) <---


Yes You Can!!! at not only can u but its been possible since 1997 shows how many pro's we have here have a look for WEFT 3 created by microsoft in 2001 and the third generation of this program

JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING DOESN'T MEEN YOU SHOULD TELL PEOPLE ITS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT ANY RESEARCH

IF YOU DONT KNOW DONT REPLY

I hope you are still trying to find out how to do it and havent listened to these people

[EC]

lol

[chris_bcn]

hahaha!

ah, embedding fonts - that was a fun five minutes 4 years ago

[Virgo Nightingale]

Yes You Can!!! at not only can u but its been possible since 1997 shows how many pro's we have here have a look for WEFT 3 created by microsoft in 2001 and the third generation of this program

JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING DOESN'T MEEN YOU SHOULD TELL PEOPLE ITS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT ANY RESEARCH

IF YOU DONT KNOW DONT REPLY

I hope you are still trying to find out how to do it and havent listened to these people
Not all browsers support it. And don't shout. It's rude.

[chris_bcn]

It's a very poor idea on so many levels.

There's image replacement, of sIFR for headlines. When it comes to main copy text, best to stick to verdana,arial,helvetica,'Trebuchet MS' (I sometime see Lucida) - or Times, Georgia for the serifs. This are very safe fonts