Strange: same browser, different pcs'

[proactivator]

Hi,
I hope I'm in the right forum for this one. I know about web safe typefaces but this has me confused. In my site http://www.jamesbartondesign.com I have a simple logo at the bottom of the pages created in text. The "C" is in Rage Italic and the "reative by design" is in Arial. On my desktop pc I have checked it in various browsers (IE, firefox, opera and netscape) and it all looks OK. Now, when I checked it in firefox on my laptop the "C" has reverted to Arial (I think: it is certainly not Rage Italic). Can anyone tell me what is going on? Thanks.

[dougnez]

Re: Strange: same browser, different pcs'

Hi Pro ...I don't know how you did it... but the C looks good to me in firefox... Not usually good idea to mix font types in the same text box... but you can get away with it sometimes if you use 2 textboxes... hope that helps... Doug

[LadyEye]

Re: Strange: same browser, different pcs'

http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

have a look, this will explain it to you ...

[larazovich]

Re: Strange: same browser, different pcs'

Hi,
I hope I'm in the right forum for this one. I know about web safe typefaces but this has me confused. In my site http://www.jamesbartondesign.com I have a simple logo at the bottom of the pages created in text. The "C" is in Rage Italic and the "reative by design" is in Arial. On my desktop pc I have checked it in various browsers (IE, firefox, opera and netscape) and it all looks OK. Now, when I checked it in firefox on my laptop the "C" has reverted to Arial (I think: it is certainly not Rage Italic). Can anyone tell me what is going on? Thanks.

Wel, it IS all about web-friendly fonts. Unless the viewer of your site has Rage Italic installed, what they see will be whatever their personal default is; in many cases, Arial.If you want to use a non-web-freindly font you will have to make your logo in a graphics program, like paint or something, save it as a jpeg or gif, and insert it as an image. Little more work, but it will accomplish what you want.
Good luck.

[proactivator]

Re: Strange: same browser, different pcs'

Hi to those who have "given their tuppence worth". Thanks. Yes, I did create two text boxes and I now understand about the viewer needing to have the non standard text installed to view it properly. It is a salutory lesson in that just because one sees something as OK it does not neccessarily mean that everyone else does. Oh well; photoshop here we come. Incidentally, does anyone else find the photoshop text tool rather inferior? Or is it just me who uses it in such a way that it appears inferior? Probably the latter.

[LadyEye]

Re: Strange: same browser, different pcs'

Hi to those who have "given their tuppence worth". Thanks. Yes, I did create two text boxes and I now understand about the viewer needing to have the non standard text installed to view it properly. It is a salutory lesson in that just because one sees something as OK it does not neccessarily mean that everyone else does. Oh well; photoshop here we come. Incidentally, does anyone else find the photoshop text tool rather inferior? Or is it just me who uses it in such a way that it appears inferior? Probably the latter.

Save your text image as a .png ... saves nice and looks good, and then don't forget to "Alt text" your image when applying it to your webpage ...

[proactivator]

Re: Strange: same browser, different pcs'

Thanks, Ladyeye. Will do.