From: Raymond Mercier (raymondM@compuserve.com)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 06:28:56 EST
Surely Adobe Acrobat will solve both problems ?
The recipient only needs to have the Acrobat Reader installed, and who does not already have that ?
Raymond Mercier
----- Original Message -----
From: Arcane Jill
To: unicode@unicode.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:29 AM
Subject: Fonts on Web Pages
Anyone know the current status on embedded fonts in web pages?
I basically have two questions. (1) Assume the existence of a font to which I legally own the copyright. For example, let's say I invented it. Now, I design a web page which uses this font. Now, it's easy (but terribly inconvenient) to say on the web page "Please download and install this font in order to view this web page correctly", but the truth is I know damn well that no-one will ever do that. So, short of using small image files, what's the current state-of-the-art technical solution to this.
Question (2) is the same as question (1), except that I don't own the copyright. Suppose, for example I want to use this font called Garamond. It's on my machine. (I don't know how it got there - I think it came pre-installed with the OS). But of course, I can't guarantee that it will be installed on someone else's machine. And since I don't own the copyright, and don't have explicit permission to distribute it, I don't think I'm even allowed to say "Please download and install this font in order to view this web page correctly". How do we solve this one?
Jill
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