FONT Styles

[Bmac]

Hi,

I'm new to BV and was wondering how do I add different FONT styles?

My friend uses BV and has a multitude of different FONT styles yet I seem limited to the bulk standard ones.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Bethers]

Re: FONT Styles

You can't use them unless you have them on your computer - so if you want to use fonts you don't have on your computer - you need to download them.

Now - remember, every time you use a font that someone doesn't have on their computer, it will default to their default font - and your website won't look at all like you think it should. You should stick with the basic, web friendly fonts if you want your site to be accessible to all.

[zuriatman]

Re: FONT Styles

Hi Bmac,

Fancy fonts which are designed as graphics and fonts saved as an image will show up correctly.

Here is a list of

Web Friendly Fonts for use in text messages.

Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif
Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS5, cursive Courier6,
Georgia1, Georgia, serif Georgia1, Georgia, serif
Impact, Impact5, Charcoal6, sans-serif
Lucida Console, Monaco5, monospace
Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif
Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua3, Palatino6, serif
Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif
Times New Roman, Times, serif
Trebuchet MS1, Helvetica, sans-serif
Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif
Symbol, Symbol (Symbol2, Symbol2)
Webdings, Webdings (Webdings2, Webdings2)
Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats (Wingdings2, Zapf Dingbats2)
MS Sans Serif4, Geneva, sans-serif

[judavvforum]

Re: FONT Styles

Bmac

I don't know if it considered a bad practice or not, but I wanted a fancy page title font, so I used the "text properties" and checked the little box at the top of the text properties window that says, "publish this text as an image". Worked just fine for me on two different fonts.

[Bethers]

Re: FONT Styles

Do you mean your header? Most people make their headers as images - that's no problem at all.

[judavvforum]

Re: FONT Styles

Thanks, Beth....I'm still learning terms! BTW, I came to Voda from that "other" forum that you moderate! I finally got smart, lol.
Dave

[Bethers]

Re: FONT Styles

Woohooo, Dave - glad to have you with us. You'll have a learning curve - but in the long run, you'll be glad to be here. Make sure to keep asking questions as you have them. :)