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DaveX -> Helvetica font (7/23/2004 16:35:10)

I'm working on a windows based machine hence no Helvetica. I have a page I'm building for someone who wants her site to display Helvetica on ALL machines. The only way I can think of to do this is by turning all words into graphics. Is there any other way?
Also, I downloaded a font called Helvetica 55 roman from fonts.com and it looks horrible in anything lower than 18pt. I'm a complete newbie to fonts. Basically I'm looking for a helvetica font that will scale and look just like the one that comes on a Mac.
Any thoughts or suggestions?

thanks,

Dave



Rajman1138 -> RE: Helvetica font (7/23/2004 16:46:04)

If I am not mistaken isn't Arial just like Helvetica??

http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

Another thing to keep in mind even if you do find a font that matchs the one you want unless your visitors have the font installed on there machine they'll see your site in the default of there browser.



bobby -> RE: Helvetica font (7/23/2004 16:54:51)

The only way to get real Hel font is to make the graphics. Arial is pretty much the same tho... if you specify the font in your CSS like

font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;

Nobody will know the difference...



DaveX -> RE: Helvetica font (7/23/2004 16:55:08)

Actually it does appear to be the case... I'm having my friend look at it to see if it's acceptable. She's very picky!
If it is the case then I would build the site using Ariel but would it then show up as Helvetica on a Mac by default or would I need to do something different in order to make that happen?

Thanks for that quick reply Rajman!

Dave



caz -> RE: Helvetica font (7/23/2004 20:48:41)

quote:

font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;


If you do as Bobby said in your CSS, then the browser parsing on the Mac will skip Arial and render Helvetica, failing that then any of the sans-serif family on the machine being used.

Just tell her that she's got a cutting edge site that's cross browser compatible[;)]

Cheers
Carol



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