Can someone tell me if the Trebuchet MS font is common enough to use on a web page (like Verdana) or should I create a graphic out of it?
Thanks
ArthurI have the font on my computer.
It's best if you specify a list of fonts using CSS, ending with a generic font family, so the browser will choose whichever it has installed to display, for example:
font-family: trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;
AdamThanks folks. It looks like I will need to CSS a font family starting with Trebuchet, then Verdana, then Sans-serif. My client has designed a site using Trebuchet. I will need to talk with them. And a Mac friend ssys they do not have it at all. So it could be a problem.
Arthur1) The page should be designed so that it really doesn't matter what fonts the user has available.
2) Trebuchet is one of the Microsoft Core fonts for the Web, so it's one of the more widely available fonts. See <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp">http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp</a><!-- m -->. And don't worry about Mac users, they're less than 2% of the users out there while Microsoft users represent about 93%. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2003/May/os.php">http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2003/May/os.php</a><!-- m -->)
3) No, really, check out that first url above. It's got a wealth of information about font availability.I use the following font family when I want to use Trebuchet MS:
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, Serif;
You need the quotes around Trebuchet MS because the font name is more than one word. I've seen Trebuchet on some older computers (win95 and maybe win98). Trebuchet is similar to the MS font, and then verdana is close enough. If that falls through, the browser will take whatever Serif font it finds on the system.
Thanks
ArthurI have the font on my computer.
It's best if you specify a list of fonts using CSS, ending with a generic font family, so the browser will choose whichever it has installed to display, for example:font-family: trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;
AdamThanks folks. It looks like I will need to CSS a font family starting with Trebuchet, then Verdana, then Sans-serif. My client has designed a site using Trebuchet. I will need to talk with them. And a Mac friend ssys they do not have it at all. So it could be a problem.
Arthur1) The page should be designed so that it really doesn't matter what fonts the user has available.
2) Trebuchet is one of the Microsoft Core fonts for the Web, so it's one of the more widely available fonts. See <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp">http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp</a><!-- m -->. And don't worry about Mac users, they're less than 2% of the users out there while Microsoft users represent about 93%. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2003/May/os.php">http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2003/May/os.php</a><!-- m -->)
3) No, really, check out that first url above. It's got a wealth of information about font availability.I use the following font family when I want to use Trebuchet MS:
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, Serif;
You need the quotes around Trebuchet MS because the font name is more than one word. I've seen Trebuchet on some older computers (win95 and maybe win98). Trebuchet is similar to the MS font, and then verdana is close enough. If that falls through, the browser will take whatever Serif font it finds on the system.