[hellohello1]

hello....

i was setting up a simple web page, using the font "futura".......it looks very nice in OS X, using either IE or Mozilla. however, today i tried to view the site on a windows 2000 machine, and it looked like crap. the fonts didn't look the same at all.

it didn't look like anti-aliasing was working, and i'm oretty sure it was ignoring the Futura font. i turned it on using <font face="Futura"></font>.

any reason this wouldn't look right on windows? is there another way to get this font used?

thanks

-matt

[skalie]

Sounds like you need to look into "font family".

Instead of [font = "futura"] you go for [font family = "futura", "helvetica", "arial"] or something similar.

If browser can't show the "futura" font it goes for "helvetica" etc., instead of using the browsers default font.

Wait...... hit Command-E to view the source of this page, 12 lines down..........font-family: Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;

That's what I meant.

[Simon Mundy]

Originally posted by hellohello1:
hello....

i was setting up a simple web page, using the font "futura".......it looks very nice in OS X, using either IE or Mozilla. however, today i tried to view the site on a windows 2000 machine, and it looked like crap. the fonts didn't look the same at all.

it didn't look like anti-aliasing was working, and i'm oretty sure it was ignoring the Futura font. i turned it on using <font face="Futura"></font>.

any reason this wouldn't look right on windows? is there another way to get this font used?

thanks

-matt

Displaying a specific font on a web browser is a tricky business. You can't just specify 'Futura' and have it work on someone else's browser if they haven't got the same or similar font installed.

That's why most pages use 'Verdana' or 'Arial' or 'Helvetica' (for example) - it's because most mac and pc systems come with them by default. So you can be reasonably sure your font will appear on most computers the way you intended if you stick to the 'default' fonts. If you're interested, Microsoft actually have a list of fonts for each OS that are installed by default - do a search for 'Verdana' and you should be in luck.

A few attempts have been made to start proprietary systems for browsers that let you encode fonts into pages and have them display properly on other people's systems, but none have become standard yet. Not surprisingly, it's another Microsoft vs Netscape affair, but I've not checked on the status of these projects lately.

[hellohello1]

thanks for your helpful replies.....i was enjoying Futura, but i want the site to look as intended on all systems, so perhaps i will choose one of the default fonts and do my best with that.

the "geneva, arial, helvietic" "family" actually looks pretty close to futura anyway....

thank you

-matt

[spacefreak]

Yes, the font-family assignment works well, but why settle? You can edit that list in the properties window. So you can modify the assignment to read "futura, geneva, arial, helvetica...".

Then, your mac community with the futura font installed can see your page as intended, and the non-futura folks will still see a nice looking page.

When you're ready, you'll look into Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). It takes a bit more study, but you'll enjoy the ability of having all site pages reference a single file (similar to a text document) for style definitions. Decide in a few months that you want to modify the fonts? You'll just need to change that single css file, and all the pages fonts will adjust accordingly.

Just my input. Good Luck.