More Fonts

[cbabb]

Could someone add more fonts to the drop down menu?
Futura?
Myriad?
Ubuntu?

I would like to use Myriad.

Styles & Templates > Style Manager > All Style Options > Toolbar Menu Options > Available Font

 

[Jordan]

The fonts listed in the drop-down menu are only suggestions, you can define whatever font you like in the BB code [FONT=""] tag. However, few fonts outside of the suggested list will actually be displayed to other visitors as you intend, unless they also have that specific font installed on their computer.

In other words, unless a font is installed by default in Windows, OS X, or popular Linux distributions, you should not use it. Unfortunately, none of the fonts you have listed in your post meet that requirement.

 

[lbsf1]

Test, test, test


Wow that function is awesome.

 

[Slash]

TEST, TEST, TEST

Lets see if this works.

Word, it does. It's webdings.

TEST, TEST, TEST


Can you guys see the second one?

 

[Ross]

Yep, I can see it

 

[Slash]

Good, because I was thinking about making all my posts that, like this one. Looks like it's all caps though. Probably won't. Kind of hard to see when it's small.

 

[Ross]

Good, because I was thinking about making all my posts that, like this one. Looks like it's all caps though. Probably won't. Kind of hard to see when it's small.

I don't like that font, it's kinda hard to read.

 

[Jordan]

TEST, TEST, TEST

Lets see if this works.

Word, it does. It's webdings.

TEST, TEST, TEST


Can you guys see the second one?

Yep, I can see it

Note that seeing the "text" and seeing the "font" are two different things. If the specified font is not installed on your computer, a default font will be displayed.

I presume you were attempting to use this font, Slashfan? Here's how that is displayed on my PC, and how it will appear to everyone else unless they have explicitly installed "Defused".

 

[Slash]

Ah I see. Yes it's defused Jordan. I wasn't going to use it but I thought it was pretty sweet.

 

[Ross]

I saw it exactly as in the screenshot is. I have most extra fonts installed and if I lose them they are all on CD-RW disks and USB pen drives

 

[cbabb]

"The fonts listed in the drop-down menu are only suggestions, you can define whatever font you like in the BB code [FONT=""] tag."

"In other words, unless a font is installed by default in Windows, OS X, or popular Linux distributions, you should not use it."

Ah.. I thought you could just install them with a style-sheet. (I.E: @font-face)

I have used the vBulletin software before and remember that part but never took the time to see if you could further expand it.

Myriad Pro comes with the "Recommended Fonts" when you install any Adobe Program. (This sentence is formatted in Myriad if you have it.)

 

[Daniel]

Testing...

EDIT: Awesome - never knew that!

 

[Turtle]

Test font below. Tell me if you can see it....

Nevermind, it's not.

~Turtle

​

 

[Daniel]

Test font below. Tell me if you can see it....

Nevermind, it's not.

~Turtle

You've gotta put in the correct name of the font. E.g, Times New Roman will be [FONT="Times New Roman] and Webdings will be [FONT="Webdings"]

See?

 

[Jordan]

Ah.. I thought you could just install them with a style-sheet. (I.E: @font-face)

I have used the vBulletin software before and remember that part but never took the time to see if you could further expand it.

You can use @font-face to embed custom fonts on web pages in modern browsers, but to do so requires a publicly-hosted copy of the font's OTF or TTF file to be included in the page's CSS.

 

[cbabb]

You can use @font-face to embed custom fonts on web pages in modern browsers, but to do so requires a publicly-hosted copy of the font's OTF or TTF file to be included in the page's CSS.

You mean like this? :

@font-face{ 
  font-family: 'Myriad Pro';
    src: url('/wp-content/fonts/Myriad_Pro.eot');
    src: url('/wp-content/fonts/Myriad_Pro.woff') format('woff'),
          url('/wp-content/fonts/Myriad_Pro.ttf') format('truetype'),
          url('/wp-content/fonts/Myriad_Pro.svg#webfont') format('svg');
}

Or Base:64 embed works and loads in every browser, though the downside is the CSS becomes too heavy with multiple font variations (Italic, Bold, etc.)

..............
But would you allow suitable fonts to be added through CSS? If not that's cool.

 

[BobK]

Lovely. Something else to bog down loading of web pages.

 

[Mr. S]

Test, test, test


Wow that function is awesome.

I'm glad I have Jokerman installed!

 

[daan]

Another reason to use the Android App more...

 

[Jordan]

But would you allow suitable fonts to be added through CSS? If not that's cool.

Unfortunately, no. There's technical reasons for that, of course; embedded fonts can affect the loading and rendering speed of the page on different browsers.

There are also aesthetic reasons; I want GTPlanet's pages to have a consistent look and feel, and introducing more font options would run counter to that goal. I love typography, but even the best fonts can make sentences or paragraphs miserable to read if they are not used very carefully. I cringe and hesitate to read some user's posts that are consistently formatted with poorly chosen fonts.

 

[cbabb]

I cringe and hesitate to read some user's posts that are consistently formatted with poorly chosen fonts.

I hear you on that one. Was worth a shot though.