Including a font

skdzines

Does anyone know of a way to include a non standard font in a php script or any other way so that if the user viewing the site does not have that particular font on their computer, it will include it somehow? I don't want the site to look different from the original design or have the browser substitute for a different similar font?

Thanks for any help.

planetsim

Have you googled this, as Ive never done it im not going to say its not possible however Ive never seen it done.

Anyway why not have various other similar fonts to use, and dont use non-standard type fonts that way you can avoid this.

skdzines

The client wants to use a celtic (keltik) font and I don't believe there are any similar system fonts that it would be able to replace it with. It sort of looks like a font you would see in a fairy tale book.

I'll try searching google.

Thanks

thorpe

yeah its possible, and quite easy. beware that not all fonts will work though.

http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol3/css_no15.htm

dgrinberg

Yeah its possible! But I wouldn't recommend it.

There are heaps of negatives, and really only the one positive.

Why dont you just create the titles as images, using your font, and then just use a much more browser friendly and readable font on the main content?