Wednesday Freebie: Customising DW (PC) Font List to include Geneva (was Re: [thelist] Common Fonts)
George Dillon
george.dillon at ukonline.co.uk
Wed Dec 20 06:14:06 CST 2000
Martin wrote:
> Times isn't that good onscreen either, but I don't have an
> alternative seriffed font to suggest.
AFAIK the M$ recommendation is Georgia
<tip type="Customising Dreamweaver">
THEORY: the consensus seems to be that since Arial looks crap on the Mac,
"Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" is the recommended CSS declaration.
PROBLEM: Dreamweaver's Edit Font List dialogue will only let you select
fonts which are installed on your PC, and Geneva is a Mac-specific font
(hence the order of the above list).
SOLUTION 1: Get from CrossFont from www.asy.com (or a similar program) and
create a version of Geneva for your PC, then edit your DW Font List as per
normal.
DRAWBACK: Any sites which use the above CSS will now appear in Geneva on
your PC rather than in Arial, and Geneva looks crap on the PC.
WORKAROUND: After creating the above entry in your Font List, uninstall
Geneva.
SOLUTION 2: Customize your DW configuration.
DRAWBACK: Unlike many other features of DW, the Font List is not determined
by JS but by a registry setting.
WORKAROUND: Hack your registry as follows:
1. Back up your registry first (as always).
2. Shut down DW if it's running.
3. Find and export the following registry key (this one is for DW3):
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 3\Font Menu]
4. Edit the .reg file you've just created using a plain text editor. It may
look something like this:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 3\Font Menu]
"Item01"="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
"Item02"="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"
"Item03"="Courier New, Courier, mono"
"Item04"="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
5. Delete the registry key mentioned in step 3.
6. Merge your edited .reg file into your registry (in Explorer right-click
and select Merge).
7. Restart your computer.
</tip>
HTH
George
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