Is it possible to change fonts?

1. Is it possible to change fonts?

   #1

   I'm guessing someone must have asked this question before, but I couldn't find any other thread. Is it possible? Could it be arranged with permission maybe?

2. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

   #2

   Not really.
   
   I can only assume you want serif fonts instead?
   
   I have gone back and forth but serif is generally harder to read online. (It is supposed to be better for print though.) With high resolutions it is not such and issue but when you get on smaller screens the serif's can get difficult. So going to stick with what we have.
   
   "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

3. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

   #3

   Uh, I don't know anything about the whole sans serif, serif stuff... But when I typed up a sub on my Open Office document, I used Papyrus for a piece. And it just looks way better than the normal stuff, for this particular piece, because I mixed in some capital letters in the text to make a secret code. Without it, it just looks messy.
   
   But it's not possible? ...Mkay... :/ Might have to rethink that piece then.

4. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

   #4

   Not trying to diss the idea, but I'm actually glad that the Citadel uses a standardized font for all its content.  Ideas should be able to stand on their own, without a lot of distracting embellishment.  The only exception to this might be adding *one* "handwriting" font to use in letter snippets and the like.

5. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

   #5

   Now that I understand what you mean, that idea wouldn't work anyway unless it was a graphic. The reason you use a series of fonts like I listed is because the computer you are browsing on has to have the font installed locally. So you can only use universally available fonts on any webpage. So windows, mac and linux (not to mention all the tablets) have to have that font loaded for it to work. If you did it, you might still be the only person to see it how you intend.
   
   The exception (again) is the title and author names. Those I actually load on purpose through the code so that everybody has them. Not sure forcing the extra download is totally worth it, but I like it.

6. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

   #6

   
   Ideas should be able to stand on their own, without a lot of distracting embellishment.

   
   
   I wrote the piece down in another post, http://strolen.com/guild/index.php/topic,6314.msg77121.html#msg77121
   You can see what I mean when I say it looks messy that way. But I still think there's nothing wrong with the idea of hiding a coded message in a text.
   
   

   
   The reason you use a series of fonts like I listed is because the computer you are browsing on has to have the font installed locally. So you can only use universally available fonts on any webpage. So windows, mac and linux (not to mention all the tablets) have to have that font loaded for it to work. If you did it, you might still be the only person to see it how you intend.
   

   
   
   See, this is all the technical stuff us poor mortals have no idea about. :P But I figured it was something like that.

7. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

   #7

   Simple solution is to use an image.  Use whatever tool you want to create the text (google docs) , then screenshot, crop, save, upload and link.
   
   If you want to get slightly fancier, use GIMP (or photoshop if you are rich or piratical), remove the background so its transparent and safe as .jpg.
   
   That way you don't need to worry about fonts at all, apart from having them on your PC to do the original text. 
   

8. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

   #8

   
   Simple solution is to use an image.  Use whatever tool you want to create the text (google docs) , then screenshot, crop, save, upload and link.
   
   If you want to get slightly fancier, use GIMP (or photoshop if you are rich or piratical), remove the background so its transparent and safe as .jpg.
   
   That way you don't need to worry about fonts at all, apart from having them on your PC to do the original text.
   

   
   
   Not a bad idea as long I'm allowed to. I'm pretty sure Paint.Net has that feature as well. If I can figure it out. Can you upload images directly to the site or do I need to link them? I don't normally use any image uploading sites.

9. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

   #9

   Directly. Just save it somewhere easy to find, click the image button and browse to it.
   
   You can even tune it a _little_ in the raw html (size, placement) if you are of a mind to.
   
   

10. Re: Is it possible to change fonts?

    #10

    
    Directly. Just save it somewhere easy to find, click the image button and browse to it.
    
    You can even tune it a _little_ in the raw html (size, placement) if you are of a mind to.
    

    
    
    Okay, thanks Val. :)

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