Hi!
I have chosen a font for my logotype (on my website) which apparently isn’t that common and I’ve been told that it has to be “converted” into an image in Photoshop or else one won’t be able to see it in most computers. (?!) Is this true and how do I go about doing that? This might be completely obvious to most people but I am new to this so I don’t have a clue. :-)
Charlotta
Yes, unfortunately only a handful of typefaces are common across mac and pc systems. If you’re looking for something outside of verdana, arial, etc. you’ll need to make it a gif or jpeg.
You could also try something like sIFR
The web is more about suggesting than dictating. You can suggest fonts, and if the end-user has them installed, that’s what they’ll see, but if they don’t, they
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