Thread: Can I use fonts that I downloaded???

Hi there,
Can someone tell me if I use the text funcion on my web page, if I can use special fonts that I have downloaded?
They appear without problems on my example but what will happen when I really launch the page?

If those fonts arn't installed on your visitors PC, they will be converted to web friendly ones. Do a Google search for 'web friendly fonts'. If you want to use a specific font that isn't web friendly, you may have to save the text as .gif image. It will then always look as you want it but the drawback is the SE's won't be able to read it.

Originally Posted by DarrenC

If those fonts arn't installed on your visitors PC, they will be converted to web friendly ones. Do a Google search for 'web friendly fonts'. If you want to use a specific font that isn't web friendly, you may have to save the text as .gif image. It will then always look as you want it but the drawback is the SE's won't be able to read it.

Thanks Darren, very usefull
I suppose I ll look for the web friendly fonts because I have no idea how to convert text in Word for an example to a gif document.

The text must be in a "text box"
Right click on the text box:
Properties/Convert to text
What are you trying to do with a WORD document?
If you are trying to upload a Word document convert it to a PDF first and then ftp to your server/public_html.

Ok THanks, I already have used Adobe Photoshop to convert text in fotos without any problem. Next time I ll try your advice