Michael Gordon wrote:
> We need to get a good understanding on what is involved in using fonts on web
> pages and HTML mail.
>
> 1. On a web page, or HTML mail the font names we use must be installed on the
> viewers PC.
Note 1 : the standard fall-back names ("serif", "sans-serif", etc.,) are all
guaranteed to exist,
but there can be no guarantee as to which font will actually be used.
> 2. If you use a font name that is not installed on the viewers PC then the
> browser, mail reader will resort to the common font installed.
Note 2 : Not necessarily to just one "common font"; the browser will have the
intelligence
to look at the set of available fonts, and -- for each glyph -- pick a font that
contains that glyph, if such a font exists.
>
> 3. If you are on a private network an you know all the fonts installed on all
> the PCs on that network you can use all the fancy fonts available to you.
>
> 4. To work around these limitations you can insert the image of these fancy
> font characters using "Insert Image".
Note 3a : or use "web fonts" [1]
>
> The simplest way to do this is to download Snaget screen capture.
>
> With SeaMonkey/Composer create a number of web pages, each page containing
> the different fancy font characters you wish to use. Save the pages to your
> desktop and when you need to use a character open that page and use Snaget to
> capture that character and save it as an image. then insert the image into
> your web document or mail compose window.
Note 3b : Web fonts offer a better solution in environments where they can be
sure to work.
Philip Taylor
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