Embedding a font?

How do I embed a font into a html/css document so that it shows up looking the same on computers that don't have the font?

It's been bugging me for a while and now I have a use for it so would really appreciate an answer, thanks!

 

You might want to check this

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/fontembed/font_embed.asp

But none of their examples work on Safari. Don't know about Firefox or IE.

 

is this possible? i don't think you can do this.

 

The web is not print. You are at the mercy of the UA. There is an @import font property, but it has no current support—probably because it's a PITA for the user. In my case, a site imported to my UA a 5meg Chinese font. I was on a dialup connection at the time and thoroughly pissed at the nerve of some sorry web developer.

If you want to specify as if for print, deliver a pdf or a word processor document. For small bits of text, use an image.

cheers,

gary

 

yup, it works, i used to do this alot when designing band websites.

 

Or you could use Flash.

 

well....that wouldn't be embedding fonts now would it? that would be using flash

 

use uncommon font might help some, but it is always a good idea to add a few font types that are standard