[thelist] fonts (Palatino / General)

[Simon MacDonald]

Not strictly pertinent to your question - but a useful resources is
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator

You give it a font file  and it generates a kit of various fonts to suit
modern browsers and the css  and html.


Simon

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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Bob Meetin
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Subject: [thelist] fonts (Palatino / General)

Hi all,

I'm working with a designer who is asking me to use Palatino variation fonts
in content areas of the website.  I typically try to use standard fonts and
stay away from custom font techniques be it google font or any of the
javascript methods.  If it's not there by default I'd rather stay away.
I've got bigger fish to fry.

Aside from the fact that Palatino and a slew of other common windows or
perhaps mac fonts are not installed by default on my linux box, even on my
fairly new windows laptop I'm encountering obstacles.  Doing a little
research I found a site that provides some stats that are not promising for
Palatino.  But since the designer is on MAC, well oh well.

http://www.codestyle.org/servlets/FontStack?stack=Palatino+Linotype,Palatino
&generic=serif

There are undoubtedly hundreds of sites that provide various stats.  Anyone
care to provide some authoritative links or feedback?  General default font
feedback?

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