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On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 00:35:26 +0100 (CET) Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@hidden.email> writes: > A possible, though limited, alternative is to use embedded fonts, so > that you > don't have to impose people to download fonts. Now, the problem is > that this > technology is not common. Only IE and Netscape support it, using two > different > formats, and of them only the format used by IE is still actively > supported by > its creator, Microsoft (and the tool to make those embedded fonts, > WEFT, is > free, which is rare enough from Microsoft to deserve a special note > ;)) ). The > technology of Bitstream, which is the one that Netscape supports, > can also be > used by IE if you get a simple plug-in, but unfortunately Bitstream > doesn't > have any free tools anymore to make embedded fonts and it doesn't > actively > support its embedded font format anymore. So the technology is > interesting and > really works, but is unfortunately reserved mostly to IE users :((( . how about making PDF files with embedded fonts? > Christophe. Robert Wilson http://kuvazokad.free.fr/ Yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen. Yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com