testing the availability of a font

[Martin RAYROLE]

Hi folks,

Does somebody know how to test the availability of a font on the browser
platform ?

Thanks for your help
Martin

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Martin RAYROLE <ma************@alcatel.fr> writes:

Does somebody know how to test the availability of a font on the browser
platform ?

No. Can't be done in a normal browser.

You should provide fallbacks instead, using the CSS font-family
property:
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

/L
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Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lr*@hotpop.com
DHTML Death Colors: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/rasterTriangleDOM.html>
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[Martin RAYROLE]

Thanks a lot Lasse,

It's too bad that it is not possible, but your fallback is usefull indeed.

Best wishes
Martin

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Lasse Reichstein Nielsen a écrit :

Martin RAYROLE <ma************@alcatel.fr> writes:

Does somebody know how to test the availability of a font on the browser
platform ?

No. Can't be done in a normal browser.

You should provide fallbacks instead, using the CSS font-family
property:
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

/L
--
Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lr*@hotpop.com
DHTML Death Colors: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/rasterTriangleDOM.html>
'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'