Re: fonts...

Jan C. Faerber wrote:

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
..and you're never sure if what you are getting is really a font file.

They work on it.

What I meant was, a malicious author could substitute a trojan, a worm,
a virus...

Even though I don't use Windows (and my OS did not come with Verdana^1),
I still don't allow web sites to install stuff.

Nobody can force you.

True, but most/many visitors will blindly click on anything.

^1. "so your Verdana ends up being about 85% of what I prefer."

Yes - and now how will it end in IE6?

It will be about the same as in my Opera 9.64 and Firefox 3.0.14

Just found this list now:
http://www.microsoft.com/OpenType/fonts/webcore.htm
If you want to take a brief view.

Old information. Only goes up to IE5.

{
Arial
Arial Bold
Arial Italic
Arial Bold Italic
} ... those are not included in IE 3, 4, 5???

Fonts are not included in a *browser*. They are included with an
*operating system*. Various brands and versions have various sets of
included fonts. But you cannot predict which (OS and) fonts your
visitors are using. Or which they may have chosen to add to the standard
set.

<snip>

So I am still can not able to agree that in ie6 you can not predict
the presence of Verdana and Arial.

In Windows, probably so. I don't use Windows.

Or is it possible that some users deinstall some fonts because of
nausea? (e.g. font sailor)

Perhaps. And possibly because they are using a low-powered computer, and
want to free up resources.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows
.

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