RE: UKNM: We can now use any fonts we want (almost!)

[Robin Grant]

Stuart


I know bitstream's TruDoc only previously worked in Netscape 4, but now they

have an ActiveX control out which allows the same code to work in IE4!

(which is what the link to the press release was all about)


Which is why I was making a song and dance about it - cross browser dynamic

font support


True, the font's do take a while to download, but once they are cached they

can be used penalty free throughout the site. And it is seamlessly

degradable to lower browser versions (Who just see the fonts they normally

see - i.e. Times New, Arial , Helvetica etc. depending on what you specify)

so you don't have to mess around doing 2 versions of the same site.


Anyway, say hi to Susan for me


cheers


Robin


=====================================================

Robin Grant, Producer, Brann Interactive

100 Victoria, Bristol, UK, BS1 6HE - http://www.brann-interactive.com/

phone: 0117 914 6260, fax: 0117 914 6125, mobile: 0973 638 390

email:

robinperfect [dot] co [dot] uk

, icq: 362763, www: http://www.perfect.co.uk/




-----Original Message-----

From:

ownerchinwag [dot] com

 [

ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On

 Behalf Of Stewart

Sent: 24 March 1998 22:45

To:

uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: UKNM: We can now use any fonts we want (almost!)



At 10:09 23/03/98 -0000, you wrote:

>w0000p!

>

>check out this press release

>

>http://www.truedoc.com/webpages/intro/pr_activexrel.html

>(remember that Netscape 4 already supports this technology natively)

>

>This means that anyone using 4.0 browsers (ok those using Netscape 4 on

PC/Mac and those using IE 4 on 95/NT etc..) will see fonts embedded using

Bitstream's TrueDoc thingamajig. THIS IS VERY VERY VERY good news.


It's also very very very clunky and very very very not supported by

anything other than Netscape 4.  The fonts can also take more time to

download than comparative 'text as images'.


This technology will find it's time when bandwidth gets better (ADSL take a

bow) but for the time being may I steer you typographic leanings to the

power of Cascading Style Sheets.  Sure you've still got the same fonts but,

boy can you now layout that page.  Add some Javascript and you can do in


HTML what used to be only possible in Java and Shockwave (well on version

4 browsers anyway).


Stewart Dean - Internet Producer