Defining Font Types

[HokieTracks]

I know that you have to be careful when defining font-family because not every website user has the same font on their computer. So is there a way to define the font style and "link" it to the font file on your website?

[xtopolis]

There is, but it's not fully supported last I remember.

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/fonts.html#font-descriptions

 

      @font-face {
        font-family: "Robson Celtic";
        src: url("http://site/fonts/rob-celt")
      }

[HokieTracks]

So if it's not fully supported does that mean it only works in certain situations?

[xtopolis]

It means that between FF,IE,Chrome,Opera,Safari, it may not work in all of the browsers, nor all of the versions of those browsers.  I was looking for a color coded graph regarding the compatibility, but I think the specifics are still being worked out [ http://www.w3.org/Fonts/Misc/eot-report-2008 ].

 

You can test this by creating a simple page and testing it either by downloading the browsers yourself, or making use of a service such as BrowserShots[ http://browsershots.org/ ]

 

Basically, "I wouldn't rely on it, yet."

[HokieTracks]

Ok, yeah it sounds like it's better just to use a basic font that everyone has. But thanks for the info and that browser shots link it looks really usefull.