[thelist] Re: thelist Digest, Vol 13, Issue 27

[Diane Soini]

Yes, the VIEWER does not need the font, but the CREATOR (me) did need 
to have it.

Diane

On Saturday, March 13, 2004, at 04:00 AM, 
thelist-request at lists.evolt.org wrote:

> Subject: RE: [thelist] forcing a website font
> Reply-To: jeff at jeffhowden.com, "thelist at lists.evolt.org" 
> <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
>
>
> diane,
>
>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
>> From: Diane Soini
>>
>> I attempted weft once, [...] It's hard to test, since
>> you have to have the font to begin with, so it's not
>> gonna fail for you. [...]
>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
>
> incorrect.  the viewer does not have to have the font on their system 
> for
> weft to work.  if that was the case, weft wouldn't even be necessary 
> cause
> they'd already have it on their system, eh?  instead, weft is for 
> fonts the
> end-user does *not* have on their system;  a method of embedding the 
> font
> directly into the html.  you may already know all this, but the part i
> snipped above was worded to the contrary.
>
> .jeff
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