What Does ABCNews.com Use to Create These Fonts?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by aj22, Apr 16, 2007.

  1. #1
    Take a look at http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3044914&page=1 and their headline:

    Space Marathoner Already a Record-Setter

    as well as the sub headline under it. This is not an Image, it's text.... How does ABC News get that fuzzy anti-aliasing around the text like that? I'm viewing in Firefox 2. I found their CSS but I can't find anything to explain how they formatted the font like that... anyone know?


    Thanks!
     
    aj22, Apr 16, 2007 IP
  2. d16man

    d16man Well-Known Member

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    might be an in house font that they have created. thats all I could figure out.
     
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  3. bacanze

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    Theres a tool which determins font, a DP member published it on the forums, cant remeber the thread or URL though :(
     
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  4. aj22

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    Yea, but wouldn't that font need to be installed on every client machine, as well, in order to display? For instance, I can set font XYZ in Dreamweaver, but if people viewing my site don't have font XYZ installed, it appears as Arial or Times New. ABCNews.com is somehow forcing a font....
     
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    hans Well-Known Member

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    I am NOT sure if I see what you see
    'Verdana','Tahoma','Arial',sans-serif;
    is what they use apparently on their page

    hence how exactly their page looks may depend on whether or NOT you have their choice of fonts installed on YOUR machine
    and
    if or NOT you have antialiasing enabled or disabled on YOUR machine
    see
    http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/November2004/article353.shtml

    for me here that header looks just plain like any other font incl the sub-title

    hence may be your PC may have totally different desktop settings than I have or others have
     
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  6. aj22

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    I understand what you're saying -- but my settings are default. My desktop is not anti-aliased, only these two Headlines are. Checked it on a few PC's, including a Mac, and I'm getting the same thing. Somehow they are forcing this style... just wondering how.
     
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  7. aj22

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  8. hans

    hans Well-Known Member

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    :)
    default settings ...
    is most relative

    i have SuSE linux 10.1
    using KDE
    ffx newest linux version
    and i have 1200+ fonts installed on my "default" desktop

    and you ?
    :)

    there are no default settings in today's www
    each OS - each desktop - each version may be differently configured by "default"
     
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  9. aj22

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    Ok - thanks.
     
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