I'd like to know if it's possible to insert into the VSD code (maybe through the html tool) a request to substitute a font if the one used is not available on a viewer's computer.
For example - I've used Times New Roman on my site (thought it was a "standard web font"), looks OK except on my Linux/Ubuntu net book, which substitutes a much larger, sans-serif font, which screws everything up. Linux comes with some fonts that are close equivalents to Windows/Mac fonts, and I'd like to specify a font to be substituted if Times N R isn't available.

So, is it possible to get this into the VSD code somehow? I don't want to turn all this text into images - not sure about using the flash font software, haven't ever tried it. I would prefer to just add a Linux font name after Times N R in the css/styles.

I hope this is making sense!
Any ideas or advise?

Callie

Hello Callie,

There's nothing you can do in VSD besides turning the to images. Which you said you don't want, so the next thing I can think of would be to use browser compatible fonts.

The following site has a great tutorial on choosing the right font. They also give coding for applying a different font using a font family code.

Take a look: http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/desig … fonts.php3

Thanks, Monica

I've used standard fonts (arial and times new roman). The problem is, they're not standard fonts on a Linux OS. So Linux makes it's own font substitutions.

I was hoping I could change this line by adding an appropriate Linux font after times new roman:

.textstyle4 {font-family:Times New Roman;Linux Font Here font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:14pt;text-decoration:none;color:#808040;}

Or should I just hope that most Linux users would install Microsoft fonts on their computers? Maybe I'm the only one who hasn't

Callie