RE: FN-FORUM: Common ornate font to use on website

date posted 14th May 2008 19:34

John Deaville wrote:
> I want to write some headers using an ornate font - the page is =
supposed
to
> look like a plush restaurant menu - are there any ornate fonts used on
both
> mac and pcs - so I can use text rather than using a graphic

On 14/5/08 20:20, "Lee Rickler" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Use sifr?


+1 sIFR - We normally use sIFR for non-standard heading fonts - good =
thing
is it transparently replaces standard HTML text with a fancy font =
version,
which is great for SEO (robots don't read image/Flash text) and visitors
with Flash turned off.

Two other methods to consider:

1. PHP has a function called "imagettftext()" which can generate =
dynamic
text on the fly as an image. We use a technique that caches the =
generated
image, so only needs to be generated first time. See:=20

http://uk.php.net/imagettftext

2. CSS has had built-in support for *embedding custom fonts* into a =
page
for years (since ~IE4?) .. but no one seems to use this. Plenty of =
reading
here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=3Dcss+font+embedding

I haven't looked into for a while; does anyone on the list have =
experience
with using CSS font embedding?


Cheers, Ben

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