[MyshMash]

I read that if you specify a font in css that a visitor doesn't have installed on his/her computer it won't show on the website and will show a alternative font instead. Is there anyway of working around that or should I just pick a common font?

Thanks

[dangreaves92]

You have the choice of using common fonts for example:

font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans;

Each of these fonts will be searched for in order, if it's not found, the next will be searched for until you reach "sans" which will display the default sans font set by the users browser.

It's usually best to use this method for body text as it's much easier for search engines to index and for your users to do things like copy and paste information.

However, for fancy headings etc, you may wish to use a method such as siFR which wraps up your heading in a flash movie enabling you to display any font you wish. There is also a version of this that wraps the text up in an image but can't remember the name off the top of my head.

CSS3 includes the @font-face attribute which enables you to display text using any font that resides on your server although I don't believe this is fully supported as of yet. Your best best is the first two options.

Dan

[Wickham]

Cufon seems to be the current favorit, read about alternatives here:-
http://www.dezinerfo...ement-solutions

[MyshMash]

I think I'll stick to a common font.

Thanks for the replies!