shadowayex Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'm looking into trying to make a heading on a site I'm making have a little fancy to it's font. The problem is, I want to make sure the font I use is cross-browser and cross-OS. Specifically speaking, I'm looking for a curvy, italic-like font, if anyone knows of a safe one.I did some Googling and found @font-face, which I understand for the most part.I was just seeing if anyone knew of a list I could look through or one right offhand before I did anything with @font-face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescientist Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I think font support is based on the OS or what the user has downloaded. To be completely sure when trying to achieve fancy fonts, images are recommended.this could help.http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 The font menu at the top of this board's textarea lists fonts that most systems share.Trebuchet MS italicized might work. Most systems have a version of Chancery, though it goes by different names, like Zapf Chancery or Apple Chancery. It's too curvy for my taste, but worth thinking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyblackpool Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Hi sorry just read this and was wondering can you embed true type fonts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastlifelost Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 http://www.spoono.com/html/tutorials/tutorial.php?id=19Try this link. It'll get you started. The .eot filetype mentioned only works for IE, but if you add an extra line in the @fontface code to embed a .ttf version of the font file as well, you have full cross browser support. Unfortunately, you need both files uploaded because IE doesn't recognize .ttf files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roundcorners Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 @font-face isa now widely supported with the exception of Chrome 1 and 2 and Safari on Windows. Chrome 3 will have built in support for @font-face, Safari on Window...I don't know. If you are looking for free fonts and correct cross-browser formats, I use Font Squirrel, loads of free fonts and downloadable 'font kits' that contain all necessary formats and CSS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastlifelost Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 @font-face isa now widely supported with the exception of Chrome 1 and 2 and Safari on Windows. Chrome 3 will have built in support for @font-face, Safari on Window...I don't know. If you are looking for free fonts and correct cross-browser formats, I use Font Squirrel, loads of free fonts and downloadable 'font kits' that contain all necessary formats and CSS.I can confirm that the most recent releases of Safari do support @font-face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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