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DaveX Posts: 215 Joined: 5/4/2004 Status: offline	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 Posts: 950 From: New Jersey USA Status: offline	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. _____________________________ ~Raj "If the Women don' t find you handsome they should at least find you handy!" -Red Green -Pownce--Digg- (in reply to DaveX)


bobby Posts: 11394 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	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... _____________________________ If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? (in reply to Rajman1138)


DaveX Posts: 215 Joined: 5/4/2004 Status: offline	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 (in reply to Rajman1138)


caz Posts: 3547 Joined: 10/10/2001 From: Somewhere south of Chester, UK Status: offline	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 _____________________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will dance, or more on your keyboard. Cheshire cat. www.doracat.co.uk I remember when it took less than 4hrs to fly across the Atlantic. (in reply to DaveX)