> > >> >> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Surinder Kumar >> <surinder.ku...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > The current font-family applied to slick-grid is >> 'Verdana,Arial,sans-serif'. >> > I tried changing it to "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif >> but >> > the font size and spacing between text is reduced. so to match style I >> used >> > "Verdana". >> > >> > Also, as per my knowledge, the Helvetica font will work only for >> Operating >> > Systems where this font actually exists in system, otherwise it will >> pick >> > Arial font. >> > >> > The right way to use 'Helvetica' is to download its 'ttf' and 'eot' >> files >> > and use in CSS so that it appears same on all machines: >> > >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13013616/css-helvetica-neue-not-working >> > >> > But it seems it is not available for free >> > https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/neue-helvetica/licensing.html >> >> Oh, that's not good. I assume we were relying on it being on a users >> machine already. I think we need to do one of two things: >> >> 1) Default to a font that we know should exist everywhere. >> 2) Have a fallback from Helvetica Neue to Arial or similar. > > 3) Choose something completely new and free, and ship it with the app. >> >> I prefer 1 if possible, then 2, finally 3. >> >> Shirley, any thoughts? >> > Option 1 would require us choosing something new and free (there are a lot of webfonts you can get from Google) but would take some time to pick the appropriate one.
Option 2 would be the best option for now. We should stick with Helvetica and Arial until we have more time to choose the right font.
