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For those of you who may be interested in following "Never My Love" to the end, I've got a question for you.
In an upcoming chapter, Gaby's handwriting is shown. I selected a font called "Rage Italic" as IMO, it looks like her scrawl ... but I'm not positive if it appeared in the earlier versions of 'MSWord' that still may be in use by people here. Therefore I'm asking now.... is this choice okay?
PB
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Works for me PB
But I currently use MS Word 2007.
I wonder if OpenOffice can display it?
Maybe you could post a test paragaph?
John in Wauwatosa
John in Wauwatosa
I agree with John
If it's possible post a test paragraph, that is clearly stated to be such.
Faraway
Big Closet Top Shelf
Where you can fool around like you want to and most you get is some bemused good ribbing!
Faraway
Big Closet Top Shelf
Where you can fool around like you want to and most you get is some bemused good ribbing!
Whatever!
If it looks good to you, it's great! I'm just waiting for more story (very patiently, nooo pressure...)!
Wren
Word2003
I've got it in 2003.
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"Girls are like pianos, when they're not upright they're grand!" Benny Hill
Karen J.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
Not what's in Word but what's in browser
Which fonts are available for display is controlled by the browser.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Not what's in Word but what's in browser
Which fonts are available for display is controlled by the browser.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Fonts in browser?
I was under the impression that the font list was down to each computer. Fonts like Times, Arial, Helvetica and the like are standard fonts present on most computers, but when non-standard fonts are used, usually the HTML code includes alternatives for those whose computers don't contain a specific font.
The alternative of course is to install it. It can be found here
I don't just look it, I'm totally sure about the font needing to be on the host computer
Fonts in da Browser, eh?
Well, if that's the case... it shows up just fine, in IE 8.
PB
A quick question, if I may...
I say, "Go for it!"
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
Jury has seemed to come back.
I feel better about keeping it in, especially after seeing KarenJ has it in Word 2003. Thanks for letting me know.
PB
Two options...
A test paragraph is probably the best idea... But, if it's not a LOT of scrawling you want to show, you can screen capture bits - even paragraphs, and post them - in line - as images in your story and readers will be guaranteed of being able to see. (Just make sure the images are as light weight as possible since some readers have low bandwidth connections.)
Anne
Thanks to KarenJ, I already do that...
... with the various tables that have appeared in the trilogy and NML.
However, in this case, I'll stick with how Gaby's scrawl is 'written', but thanks for the input. All I really wanted to do was get a sense of how the common the "Rage Italic" font was. I wasn't sure if it was introduced in MSWord 2007 or if earlier versions also had it and apparently, it's the latter case.
PB
Safe fonts to use on the web
As other people have already pointed out, it is irrelevant what fonts you have on your own computer, what matters is if other people also have the same font installed. The web browser will pick up the fonts from the local computer, so any you specify for use need to be present.
This really limits you to fonts that are standard install to Office and Windows. The best reference I have found for which fonts are safe to use is http://www.visibone.com/font/FontResults.html.
This site has done a survey of fonts installed on peoples computers. By looking at the percentages you can gauge how many people are likely to be able to see the text in the font you choose, and how many will have to make do with a subsitute.
If the text is short enough you could consider using an image, but considering the limits on image size here on BCTS, I suspect this won't be practical.
D.L.
Fonts on the web
I think it would work on many Windows systems but not on most of the other OS where we don't have the Microsoft licensed fonts.
Martina
MS fonts
Unfortunately, Windows is all I have.
PB