[FX.php List] [OT] How to display special fonts in an HTML page

[Bob Patin]

Steve,

I think you've hit on it; I put the fonts in the system's lilbrary  
folder, not my USER library folder... I'll try that. I bet you've  
found it! :)

Thanks,

Bob


On Mar 22, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Steve Hannah wrote:

> Your HTML/CSS is fine (although from a stylistic standpoint, you  
> shouldn't be using a font tag.. use a span instead -- I'm guessing  
> you just have it this way to make sure that the font info is  
> getting through).
>
> I tried out this example swapping Cheltenhm Bd BT with the names of  
> various fonts on my system and it works fine in all cases.   
> However, if i use a font that is in the /Library/fonts or /System/ 
> Library/fonts folder and I log in as a user that is NOT an  
> administrator in OS X 10.3, the fonts are not displayed (they are  
> just displayed as generic fonts).
>
> Try making sure that the font is located in your ~/Library/fonts  
> folder (i.e., /Users/yourusername/Library/fonts).  This could just  
> be a permissions issue with OSX not allowing access to system level  
> resources for some reason...