Dreamweaver - Problem with fonts and javascript

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Problem with fonts and javascript

Rudei

2006-02-28, 6:20 pm

Hi,

I've developed some pages on my laptop using XP and IE6. The font I have
chosen is Bradley Hand ITC. There are thumbnail links to a larger picture using
the following Javascript:

<a href="javascript:void(0);"
onclick="window.open('Images/BD001.jpg','','toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,st
atusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=500,height=500');">

BUT, when I run this page on a machine running NT4 and does not have this font
installed, I just get normal text written on there and when I click on the
above link, the new picture is not resized to the window size, but this happens
on my XP machine.

I've read some posts that I think are related, and may have something to do
with CSS, but not sure.

Please can someone help??

Bonnie

2006-02-28, 6:21 pm

Rudei wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've developed some pages on my laptop using XP and IE6. The font I have
> chosen is Bradley Hand ITC. There are thumbnail links to a larger picture using
> the following java script:
>
> <a href="java script:void(0);"
> onclick="window.open('Images/BD001.jpg','','toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,st
> atusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=500,height=500');">
>
> BUT, when I run this page on a machine running NT4 and does not have this font
> installed, I just get normal text written on there and when I click on the
> above link, the new picture is not resized to the window size, but this happens
> on my XP machine.
>
> I've read some posts that I think are related, and may have something to do
> with CSS, but not sure.
>
> Please can someone help??
>
As you see, the number of fonts you can be sure is installed on all
computers is limited. If you search this forum for "web safe fonts" you
will find a link to a page discussing this--it is posted multiple times
every week.

All you can do is use CSS to define a font **family** that begins with
your preferred font, if the user doesn't have that installed, the next
font will show, etc.

So:

b, p, whatever other tags {
font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
}

would style all text in the specified tags with those fonts in that order.

--
Bonnie in California
kroko at
sbcglobal dot net
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/...ts/CTDSites.woa

Rudei

2006-02-28, 6:21 pm

Thanks for that Bonnie.

Can anyone help with the other question I had regarding resizing the image to shrink into a new window that is opened by clicking on a thumbnail?