On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:40:06 -0500 Web Kracked <webmas...@krackedpress.com> dijo:
> John Jason Jordan skrev: > I am an idiot when it comes to web pages. I used OOo to create a > simple > little web page: > > http://web.pdx.edu/~johj/ > > <snip> > > The OOo page called "Brackets.odt" uses the font of Junicode. > > Here is the question. > > The downloaded file states that the file's font is Junicode. > I do not have Junicode installed, but it is shown in the > font name "window". > > Did the font somehow get embedded in the document or is the > font name shown but with no related font in the document do > to the fact it is not on the system? > > The document states it is easier to use Junicode to do the work > with brackets, and the brackets are shown in the document. The > bold text has trouble displaying the "n" character as well. > > I was just wondering. > > I would love to have an option to embed fonts in a document that was > not a PDF file. First, I am a student of linguistics and I need a font that has a full set of characters for the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). There are several such fonts available, and most are free, but they all have issues, except for Junicode. Plus, Junicode is attractive. Therefore I use it as my default font in all programs that allow setting a default font. In OOo I not only set it as the default font in Tools > Options, but also the font for all the styles in my Default template. So that explains how the font name got into the document - it was written with Junicode from the beginning. When I wrote the document I did not mean to imply that one had to use Junicode in order to create the brackets. Certainly any font will do. It's just that if you are creating brackets for work in phonology your brackets are going to need IPA characters. As for embedding fonts into web pages I have a fairly dim understanding of it. You can set a font in the tags for the document, but each user can tell their browser to use a different font and to override the font tags on a web page. For example I have a sight-impaired friend who sets her browser to display fonts really large. I also know that there is a list of core fonts that web designers use in order to maintain compatibility. These core fonts are supposed to be installed on all computers regardless of platform, so a web designer can ensure that the viewer will see what the designer wanted by just sticking to the core fonts. Even so a user can override the settings in a page. Whether one can actually embed a font into a web page is a question that is above my job level. I do know that you cannot embed into a web document a formula like the ones I use to create brackets. I know because when I uploaded the index.html page to my web site the bracket was an empty hole when viewed in a browser. I had to create the bracket as a graphic and link the graphic to that place in the page. Hopefully there will be someone with more knowledge of creating web pages who can correct my errors here and clarify the issue. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
