Hey.

I don't have that knowledge into programming (only a bit of string and include tags in PHP).

I was thinking.

 

Being a CSS based webdesigner, and in general a bit tired of verdana, times, and arial Is it possible via Java, JavaScript, (maybe even PHP or other server side programming) to install fonts on a local computer?

 

Maybe a download button without the user have to open the "fonts" folders in WIN? (don't know how to install on mac, as i don't have the money for one).

 

If this was possible it could possibilities for some wild CSS designs!! www.dafont.com

 

I got the idea after reading the article at ALA http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cssatten

 

/ jimmy

Huh, I've never really thought about that. thatd be awesome though!

Hi Jimmy,

 

Welcome to the forum. It is indeed possible to have font's that arn't installed on a users machine to display properly without them being replaced by default fonts.

 

The way in which I know it can be used is in Flash and there's a trick that also makes it selectable aswell, now I know Olivier, who is a member of this forum has shown me before. I just had a look through my bookmarks and don't have it saved, i'll ask Olivier if he knows and have a search aswell to see if I can find the link for you.

 

Edit:

OK, found it it's combination of Flash and Java Script, it works by replacing text within specified tags i.e <h1> and turning it into custom text embedded into a .swf.

 

sIFR Link: http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr

Examples of custom fonts using script: http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/files/sifr/2.0/

Hope it help

 

Regards

Using custom font with webdesign is one of the things that's currently missing. The only thing that comes close at the moment is what Ben described.

 

Håkon Wium Lie talked about webfonts in last issue of Alistapart: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cssatten

i am pretty sure there is a way to save the font to your server, and link to it using the LINK tag... however i have never tried this, and am not even sure it is possible - i might have misread it or sommat.

update: heres a link which might help:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533034.aspx

Nice flash effekt i didnt think of the possibility of using flash ... nice going Mr Davidson.

 

I see two main problems with the system though.

 

#1

it is quite slow. Being flash it is not a surprise (maybe not slow on some you guys 1337 computer but on mine it is)

 

#2

When you mark the text, you cannot mark everything at once. (example: try to ctrl-A the page.. you'll see the flash unmarked)

 

 

in general i wouldn't use flash. ... it would have been YES! if it was possible through css based only ..

 

update: heres a link which might help:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533034.aspx

That seems to be the way Haakon talked about in his article at ALA. But currently it does not seem to work (havnd't really tried .. but i doubt browsers today support that css feature.

 

 

I also thought.. maybe TrueType fonts can be saved via Cache? any programmers comment on that?

 

/jimmy

As it is today, there's no browser that let you use TrueType or OpenType fonts. The only browser that let you use custom fonts is IE as described in that msdn article, but that's a special font type which isn't commonly available and no other browers support it.