[thelist] forcing a website font

kris burford kris at midtempo.net
Fri Mar 12 04:13:26 CST 2004


>>Ok forcing a font... is it possible to force a font to be read from a browser
>>even though it is not installed on the clients machine?
>
>Remember that if you do this, you'll need a license to distribute the font.

not quite true.

you're not actually "distributing" the font, rather the bitstream 
technology "locks" the pfr file to the url, meaning that the font can be 
used on the site, but is not downloaded onto the client browser for use 
elsewhere. there's also "character subsetting" where only the characters 
used in the document are compiled into the pfr (giving both faster d/loads 
for the font file and the additional safety that the font won't be reverse 
engineered).

it does depend on the licence you hold for the font and it's worth checking 
this, but afaik, you should be able to use most fonts you legitimately own.

regards

kris
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kris burford
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