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  • Judahpeter
    Sergeant

    • Nov 2009
    • 28

    Website Fonts

    Greetings all:

    If I have a font called ReservoirGrunge on my site and of course its on my computer. Right now I have Windows 7 64-bit, and I had to install this font from my laptop with Vista.

    So when a vistor shows up to my site and he doesn't have the font on his computer, will it show up correctly? If not, how do I give it to him without him knowing it, so he can see it? (BTW, I think it came with Vista, but I don't remember for sure)

    Thanks, in Christ, Shawn
    I am the way, the truth, and the life. John 14:6
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  • ahimsa
    Major General

    • Jan 2009
    • 2184

    #2
    Re: Website Fonts

    Hey Shawn,
    If a visitor to your site does NOT have that particular font on his/her computer they will not be able to read it.
    I sometimes use non "web-friendly" fonts & my way round is to publish the text as an image. (1 drawback: it can then only be edited as an image...but for me that's OK )
    david
    Never measure the height of the mountain you're climbing. At the summit, look back and see how small it really is!

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    • Judahpeter
      Sergeant

      • Nov 2009
      • 28

      #3
      Re: Website Fonts

      Ahh.. Ok. Thanks a lot!

      I'll remember that!
      I am the way, the truth, and the life. John 14:6
      www.preaching-truth.com

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      • Collectors-info
        General

        • Feb 2006
        • 8703

        #4
        Re: Website Fonts

        You have the facility to change your text into an image with BV, thus enabling the use of any font. But be warned! The SE's cant read images, so if you need to help your rankings, only use this facility for page headings & alike. It will also slow the page loading down slightly being that it is now an image.
        Regards Chris.

        Collectables, Collecting, collectors-info.com

        www.chrismorris.co.uk

        House build project

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        • WSBlue
          Brigadier General

          • Apr 2006
          • 1415

          #5
          Re: Website Fonts

          Originally posted by Collectors-info View Post
          The SE's cant read images, so if you need to help your rankings,
          use transparent text so SE still can read.

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          • GORINSKI
            Private First Class

            • Dec 2009
            • 9

            #6
            Re: Website Fonts

            I would recommend using Arial, Helvetica (which is the version of Arial) or Verdana. Sans-serif fonts look better aliased and are easier to read on the internet generally. That's what they were designed with in mind. For regular text you can use these font at size 9 - 12.
            A quick note about installing fonts.
            grsites.net/fonts/
            acidfonts.com/
            dafont.com/en/
            fontface.com/
            simplythebest.net/fonts/
            fontfreak.com/index3.htm

            Thanks for any ideas, cheers.

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            • Collectors-info
              General

              • Feb 2006
              • 8703

              #7
              Re: Website Fonts

              Originally posted by WSBlue View Post
              use transparent text so SE still can read.
              Think the reason for suggesting the image was that Reservoir Grunge is not a web safe font.
              Regards Chris.

              Collectables, Collecting, collectors-info.com

              www.chrismorris.co.uk

              House build project

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              • WSBlue
                Brigadier General

                • Apr 2006
                • 1415

                #8
                Re: Website Fonts

                Originally posted by Collectors-info View Post
                Think the reason for suggesting the image was that Reservoir Grunge is not a web safe font.
                I mean use both -
                use the font that can't be read by other' computers as IMAGE and
                another transparent font to be read for SE.

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                • CarbonTerry
                  Major General

                  • Oct 2005
                  • 2620

                  #9
                  Re: Website Fonts

                  Aren't transparent fonts considered "Black Hat" ??
                  CarbonTerry
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                  • WSBlue
                    Brigadier General

                    • Apr 2006
                    • 1415

                    #10
                    Re: Website Fonts

                    Originally posted by CarbonTerry View Post
                    Aren't transparent fonts considered "Black Hat" ??
                    if the transparent font read the same as the font in image.
                    I think, it won't be considered " A Bad Guy "
                    What you think?

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                    • CarbonTerry
                      Major General

                      • Oct 2005
                      • 2620

                      #11
                      Re: Website Fonts

                      I think that it's borderline. Why take the chance? It's not that important. Use the name somewhere in the text body and assign an h1 tag to it.
                      CarbonTerry
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                      • WSBlue
                        Brigadier General

                        • Apr 2006
                        • 1415

                        #12
                        Re: Website Fonts

                        Originally posted by CarbonTerry View Post
                        Use the name somewhere in the text body and assign an h1 tag to it.
                        how to do that and assign an h1 tag?

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                        • CarbonTerry
                          Major General

                          • Oct 2005
                          • 2620

                          #13
                          Re: Website Fonts

                          CarbonTerry
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