ok, i know ive seen it somewhere...but i cant find it...how do i use a font that i uploaded onto my site? not where the other people have to download it, but its just on my site...


thanks!

Skipperkirk

ok, sorry but i found it...seems like that always happens! ok but now, i have a problem...i want to upload Brelin Sans FB...but when i click on it, it just opens the font, it woult put the file name in the open box so i can upload it...

HELP!

Skipperkirk

You must remebered that the client browser uses fonts that installed in the client computer. For example: If you are using Brelin Sans FB at your computer, and I do NOT have this font installed in my computer, the browser will show me the text in the nearset font style.
Basicly, there are 5 Generic font families: serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy and monospace. So, when the browser do NOT find the right font, it uses the nearset font from the same generic font family.
To sum up: use common fonts like: Arial, Verdana, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman etc.. that can be found in every OS.

Wow, Zohar Amihud, are you uninformed or what?! Font embedding can be done!

Skipper, what do you mean when you "click" on it? Did you upload it? I don't understand why you are clicking on it if you did upload it. Wouldn't you simply copy the font's URL?

ok, this is what i do...(i have xp if that helps)

i click on upload file on my control panal (i use hshpere) then i click on "my computer", then "Local Disk (C:)" then "WINDOWS" then "Fonts" then i click on "Brelin Sans FB" but it doesnt put the file name in the "open file" so i can uplaod it...all i need is the file name for Brelin Sans FB...i cant find out how i can get it...

thanks!

Skipperkirk

why don't you try using an actual FTP program instead of uploading from your cPanel? Also, embedded fonts only work in IE so people who use other browsers won't be able to see it.

my best suggestin would be to put the font in a zip file. pretty much every web host accepts zip files, and can have them available for download. zip is also an extermely common file compression system.

and yes. embedding fonts only works in internet explorer at this point.

ok...what the deal is, you know like when you are going to uplaod a picture or something you click on upload, then a pop up pops up with your "my documents" and you click on the picture and it puts the file name in the "file" text area...then you click "open" and then upload...well, when i click on the font thumnail in my documents, it just pops up this page with the font on it...i cant find the file name...what i need is the file name for Brelin Sans FB...

thanks

Skipperkirk

right click the font
click "add to zip file"
name the zip file
put the zip file up for download

thats pretty simple no? or just tell a user to right click and save as to their font directory. but i am pretty sure that with a zip file you can tell it where to unzip to, not sure though.

ok...i dont see why this is so hard ot understand...ill try and be clearer this time :)

first off, i know how to zip files and all that :) and most of the people that will visit my site will be useing IE...and i will also have the font up for download...

second, what i am needing, is the file name for Brelin Sans FB...i havent been able to upload it onto my site yet because when ever i try to uplaod it, i click on the font name, and it pops up a pop up with a tester for the font...



what i need is the file name for Brelin Sans FB...


thankyou guys for you help...im sorry if i havent been very clear ;)

thanks!

Skipperkirk

ok, i just noticed that i have been spelling the font wrong...it is supposed to be Berlin Sans FB..not Berlin Sans FB

sorry ;)

skipperkirk

it is supposed to be Berlin Sans FB..not Berlin Sans FB
LOL

anyways, i understand what you are saying, and i think that the other person does too. They are just telling you not to bother with the embedding fonts thing and just offer it for download...

You are looking in the right spot for the font file... There is no other place that you could go to get the font from your computer. So, like I already said, why don't you use a real FTP program and then you won't have that problem.

i am useing my FTP program...and i will aslo have the font upfor download for those people that dont use IE...but my site will have alot of "non computer geeks" if you get what i mean, and they all(most of them) use IE, so im am building my site in IE for IE...so i wanted to embed the font so that the "non computer geeks" wont have to download and unzip and all that junk...but then the people that know alot about computers (and use differnt browsers and all) can just download the font and put it where it goes...

so...if anyone can find the file name for Berlin Sans FB that'd be great


and also, i just noticed that i spelt the bold part right in my missed spelling post LOL!...sheesh i need a break form the computer O.o

thanks!

Skipperkirk

I found a font embedding tutorial here (http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31934) and I completely understand it, yet I don't understand why you're looking for the "file name"? Yes, it is a tutorial meant for Xanga, but wouldn't you be able to replace the assigned CSS elements to your own fitting?

you are finding the file name correctly... what the heck FTP do you use?

webshell4?

i think i found the file name... BRLNSR.ttf...i think...later i will put it on a website and see if i cna get some on to try it out that doesnt have that font...

thanks!

SKipperkirk

ok,i think i have it...but it still isnt working...here is the page--> http://www.kirkcadle.com/testingfont.htm

i used the tutorial from here-->
http://pixelfx.org/tuts/html/embeddedfont.html


thanks!

Skipperkirk

Well, isn't that a crappy tutorial... It doesn't even mention the most important part... You have to CONVERT the font to an EOT file using a program called WEFT. Do a search on Google for WEFT and download it. Convert your .ttf to .eot and upload the .eot to your server... Then, your code would look like this:

@font-face
{font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";
src: url("http://kirkcadle.com/fonts/font.eot");}

of course changing the bold to whatever you saved the .eot file as.

do i have to use that program? i cant just rename it?

You could, but you would probably have better results if you converted it... renaming file extensions isn't always the best way to go, even if it may be easiest.

does anyone know/have that font thats been converted...i'd download the program, but our computer is slow enough with everything thats on it...i doubt it would work with more! so ill have to just rename it for now...but if anyone has it i will credit them on my site...

hope i dont sound "wanty" but i dont think i should download it on our computer...


thanks!

Skipperkirk!

em, what are embadded fonts?

so ill have to just rename it for now...
that isn't going to work! you can't just rename a file and expect it to become that kind of file! it has to be converted!