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Using .ttf Files


skaterdav85

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How do you utilize a .ttf file? I downloaded a new font and i want to use it, so Im wondering if this is something I need to do through CSS. I know i can use the file to change text through the php GD library, but that is one long function to change font and isn't very efficient for a paragraph of text. Anyone know how to go about doing this?

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The font support in CSS is very limited, there is @font-face, but it is very badly supported. The only other ways are through images, either static or dynamic (i.e. with PHP), or through Flash (e.g. sIFR).

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The font support in CSS is very limited, there is @font-face, but it is very badly supported. The only other ways are through images, either static or dynamic (i.e. with PHP), or through Flash (e.g. sIFR).
what do you mean by @font-face? and how is it badly supported?
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what do you mean by @font-face? and how is it badly supported?
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-fonts/#the-font-face-ruleAnd it's badly supported as in not many browsers (i.e. almost none at all) actually implement it.
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You just have to accept that people only have certain fonts installed on their computers. Usually the reason you want a fancy font is for a title or header. You can use images with alternate text, or better: <h1> or <h2> tags with a background image and some text that's pushed out of view with the CSS text-indent property.

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