473,320 Members | 1,922 Online
Bytes | Software Development & Data Engineering Community
Post Job

Home Posts Topics Members FAQ

Join Bytes to post your question to a community of 473,320 software developers and data experts.

Edwardian Script ITC

Hello,

I have found, that one can generate a nice font with the usage of the
following line (for example):

<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="7"> Very nice </font>

Do you know whether this script is supported by all operation systems
(browsers?)? It is installed by default in Windows? What about Linux?
Do you know where one can find relatively full list of fonts which are
installed on most of computers.

Thank you.

Jul 23 '05 #1
6 27306
op*********@yahoo.com wrote:

Hello,

I have found, that one can generate a nice font with the usage of the
following line (for example):

<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="7"> Very nice </font>

Do you know whether this script is supported by all operation systems
(browsers?)? It is installed by default in Windows? What about Linux?
Do you know where one can find relatively full list of fonts which are
installed on most of computers.

Thank you.


I collect fonts but not aggressively. I only collect those that
appeal to my personal aesthetics. I have no font named Edwardian
Script.

Because of my interest in fonts, I also collect links to various
sites about fonts (not merely sources of new fonts but also
discussions of fonts). One very interesting site is "Code Style"
at <URL:http://www.codestyle.org/index.shtml>, which reports on
surveys of what fonts are installed on PC, Mac, and UNIX systems.
The complete list from the 5 March 2005 survey at
<URL:http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-CombinedResultsFull.shtml>
does not show any font named Edwardian Script.

Yes, the font is available. It is also identified by Bowfin
Printworks "Script Font Identification". See
<URL:http://bowfinprintworks.com/Script01Pg2.html>. Directly below
Edwardian Script on that page is Shelley Andante, which I prefer as
a script font. Like Shelley Allegro, Edwardian Script is just too
ornate for my taste.

While I do have all three Shelley fonts -- Andante, Allegro, and
Volante -- only the Andante is enabled. As with Edwardian Script,
none of the Shelley fonts appear in the "Code Style" survey
results.

--

David E. Ross
<URL:http://www.rossde.com/>

I use Mozilla as my Web browser because I want a browser that
complies with Web standards. See <URL:http://www.mozilla.org/>.
Jul 23 '05 #2
op*********@yahoo.com wrote:

I have found, that one can generate a nice font with the usage of the
following line (for example):

<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="7"> Very nice </font>

Do you know whether this script is supported by all operation systems
(browsers?)? It is installed by default in Windows? What about Linux?

Yes. No. No.

Common serif fonts: Times
Common sans-serif : Helvetica
Common monospaced : Courier
Common Microsoft fonts: Times New, Georgia, Arial, Verdana, Courier New.
Helvetica is about the only font to be found on almost all operating
systems, followed by Times. The MS fonts are common because Windows is so
common; the fonts are Truetype which can be displayed by most OSs.
If a user does not have a font loaded on their computer, the browser
defaults to its best guess about what it thinks might match the font.

--
jmm dash list (at) sohnen-moe (dot) com
(Remove .AXSPAMGN for email)
Jul 23 '05 #3
All fonts listed here:
<URL:http://www.codestyle.org/css/f*ont-family/sampler-CombinedRes*ultsFull....>

are just "usual" fonts and I need "unusual" fonts like listed here:
<URL:http://bowfinprintworks.com/Sc*ript01Pg2.html>.
What I need to do if I need to know probability that a given "unusual"
font will be displayed on user's PC? Is there any possibility to get
responce from user automatically? For example, I know that I can put
some lines in my html document which will tell me whether browser of
user supports JavaScripting or not. Can I do something similar to get
feedback about fonts?

Is there any possibility to give "description" of font together with my
html page, where this font is used (for the case if this font is not
installed on user's PC)?

Thank you.

Jul 23 '05 #4
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed op*********@yahoo.com writing in
news:11**********************@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:
All fonts listed here:
<URL:http://www.codestyle.org/css/f*ont-f...inedRes*ultsFu
ll....>

are just "usual" fonts and I need "unusual" fonts like listed here:
<URL:http://bowfinprintworks.com/Sc*ript01Pg2.html>.
What I need to do if I need to know probability that a given "unusual"
font will be displayed on user's PC? Is there any possibility to get
responce from user automatically? For example, I know that I can put
some lines in my html document which will tell me whether browser of
user supports JavaScripting or not. Can I do something similar to get
feedback about fonts?

Is there any possibility to give "description" of font together with my
html page, where this font is used (for the case if this font is not
installed on user's PC)?

Thank you.


If you want to use an unusual font, perhaps for a logo, then use an image.
There is no way to determine the fonts on a user's system. For example, I
have 5000 fonts available, 2000 on disk, 3000+ on CD and maybe 400
installed. I'm thinking of removing about 300 of those that are installed
and just keeping them in a separate directory where my font manager can
load them as needed.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share
Jul 23 '05 #5
op*********@yahoo.com wrote:
<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="7"> Very nice </font>


In addition to other problems discussed in the thread, I'd like to mention
the very real risk that the size="..." part will be applied and the
face="..." part not (when the font is not available). This will result in
_huge_ text in the browser's default font.

The same problem exists when using CSS.

--
Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
Pages about Web authoring: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www.html

Jul 23 '05 #6
op*********@yahoo.com wrote:

All fonts listed here:
<URL:http://www.codestyle.org/css/f*ont-family/sampler-CombinedRes*ultsFull....>

are just "usual" fonts and I need "unusual" fonts like listed here:
<URL:http://bowfinprintworks.com/Sc*ript01Pg2.html>.
What I need to do if I need to know probability that a given "unusual"
font will be displayed on user's PC? Is there any possibility to get
responce from user automatically? For example, I know that I can put
some lines in my html document which will tell me whether browser of
user supports JavaScripting or not. Can I do something similar to get
feedback about fonts?
First of all, your question is about the "probability that a given
'unusual' font will be displayed on user's PC?" The "Code Style"
site answers that. If a font is not listed at all, it's unlikely
to be installed in a user's PC. If a font is indeed listed, then
you can see the percentage of PCs, Macs, and Linux (not UNIX)
systems that have it. That percentage can be treated as the
probability of that the font will be displayed.

Since fonts are installed differently between PCs, Macs, and Linux
systems, you are unlikely to be able to develop a single script
that will work for all.
Is there any possibility to give "description" of font together with my
html page, where this font is used (for the case if this font is not
installed on user's PC)?


What you should do is use a style-sheet with "font-family" to
specify your preferred font, 1-3 backup fonts to use if your
preferred is not available, and a generic font family if none of
the explicitly fonts are available. In your case, the generic
family would likely be cursive.

By the way, the "Code Style" site does list some cursive fonts.
The only cursive font common to PCs, Macs, and Linux systems is
Comic Sans MS (94% of PCs, 91% of Macs, 48% of Linux); but this is
NOT a script font. Brush Script MT is found on PCs (33%) and Macs
(73%); while this is a script font, it's not as appealing as
Edwardian Script or the Shelley fonts.

--

David E. Ross
<URL:http://www.rossde.com/>

I use Mozilla as my Web browser because I want a browser that
complies with Web standards. See <URL:http://www.mozilla.org/>.
Jul 24 '05 #7

This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion.

Similar topics

6
by: Mike Daniel | last post by:
I am attempting to use document.write(pageVar) that displays a new html page within a pop-up window and the popup is failing. Also note that pageVar is a complete HTML page containing other java...
3
by: Water Cooler v2 | last post by:
Questions: 1. Can there be more than a single script block in a given HEAD tag? 2. Can there be more than a single script block in a given BODY tag? To test, I tried the following code. None...
2
by: bilaribilari | last post by:
Hi all, I am using Tidy (C) for parsing html pages. I encountered a page that has some script as follows: <script> .... var abc = "<script>some stuff here</" + "script>"; .... </script>
19
by: thisis | last post by:
Hi All, i have this.asp page: <script type="text/vbscript"> Function myFunc(val1ok, val2ok) ' do something ok myFunc = " return something ok" End Function </script>
3
by: rsteph | last post by:
I have a script that shows the time and date. It's been working on my site for quite a while now. Suddenly it stops showing up, after getting my drop down menu to work. If I put text between the...
3
by: Angus | last post by:
I have a web page with a toolbar containing a Save button. The Save button can change contextually to be a Search button in some cases. Hence the button name searchsavechanges. The snippet of...
7
by: imtmub | last post by:
I have a page, Head tag Contains many Scripts and style sheet for Menu and Page. This code working fine and displaying menus and page as i wanted. Check this page for reference....
1
KevinADC
by: KevinADC | last post by:
Note: You may skip to the end of the article if all you want is the perl code. Introduction Many websites have a form or a link you can use to download a file. You click a form button or click...
1
by: omar999 | last post by:
hi guys i really dont understand where i am going wrong.I've read countless articles including http://blog.nemikor.com/2009/10/03/using-multiple-versions-of-jquery/ but still having trouble with...
0
by: DolphinDB | last post by:
The formulas of 101 quantitative trading alphas used by WorldQuant were presented in the paper 101 Formulaic Alphas. However, some formulas are complex, leading to challenges in calculation. Take...
0
by: DolphinDB | last post by:
Tired of spending countless mintues downsampling your data? Look no further! In this article, you’ll learn how to efficiently downsample 6.48 billion high-frequency records to 61 million...
0
by: ryjfgjl | last post by:
ExcelToDatabase: batch import excel into database automatically...
0
isladogs
by: isladogs | last post by:
The next Access Europe meeting will be on Wednesday 6 Mar 2024 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC) and finishing at about 19:15 (7.15PM). In this month's session, we are pleased to welcome back...
1
isladogs
by: isladogs | last post by:
The next Access Europe meeting will be on Wednesday 6 Mar 2024 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC) and finishing at about 19:15 (7.15PM). In this month's session, we are pleased to welcome back...
0
by: Vimpel783 | last post by:
Hello! Guys, I found this code on the Internet, but I need to modify it a little. It works well, the problem is this: Data is sent from only one cell, in this case B5, but it is necessary that data...
0
by: jfyes | last post by:
As a hardware engineer, after seeing that CEIWEI recently released a new tool for Modbus RTU Over TCP/UDP filtering and monitoring, I actively went to its official website to take a look. It turned...
0
by: Defcon1945 | last post by:
I'm trying to learn Python using Pycharm but import shutil doesn't work
0
by: Faith0G | last post by:
I am starting a new it consulting business and it's been a while since I setup a new website. Is wordpress still the best web based software for hosting a 5 page website? The webpages will be...

By using Bytes.com and it's services, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

To disable or enable advertisements and analytics tracking please visit the manage ads & tracking page.