[thelist] Fonts with Elmer: What is weft?

[adams.craigv]

From: Tijs Teulings <tijs.teulings at framfab.nl>
>Before you decide on using embedded fonts first run a little test with the
>font you will be using. While some fonts do not allow embedding at all
>(copyrighted) some fonts do not work even if they do expressly support
>embedding. It is my experience that some fonts have the tendency to work
>only part of the time. The Mac and winNT are very picky for instance. Fonts
>embedded with weft do not work on NS, you have another tool for that called
>webfont wizard. For more info check:

What is 'weft'? I noticed the other day that a wingdings font I was
referencing for a certain symbol (pisces sign, letter 'i') wasn't
recognized by NS 6.01. I thought I was being cool, saving bandwidth by
using the font rather than an actual graphic image. But I guess not. :) Is
it do to this weft business?

I'm confused on how systems handle fonts. On some font sites I've seen "for
mac" "for win".. If you embed fonts in your page, do you have to embed
different ones for different platforms? That's a nuisance.







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