I haven't checked that since those aren't our corporate fonts.
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If you generate PDF output, then Flare embeds the fonts, I believe, although it may not embed the common fonts (Arial, Verdana, Times, etc.).
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If you're sending your customers a soft copy of a manual so that they can print it, then you still have to worry about whether or not they have the fonts installed. If you're printing the materials yourself, yes, that's true.
so that you are consistent with company branding. In those cases I would usually go with whatever fonts your marketing department uses for advertising etc. KevinDAmery wrote:For print, you aren't as restricted, since all you need to do is ensure that your printer has the fonts.
Macintosh systems usually have Helvetica and Geneva (I think.)įor print, you aren't as restricted, since all you need to do is ensure that your printer has the fonts. I think the Times flavours are also common on Macs, but it's been a long time since I've looked.Īrial, Tahoma, and Verdana are common on Windows machines (I've also seen Calibri show up alot recently, but that requires the user either had Office 2007 or Windows Vista - older versions may not have it). Times, Times New Roman, Garamond all are frequently available on Windows machines. Here are some commonly available fonts (although I'm not pretending that this is an exhaustive list): To get around that, the usual approach is to specify Font Families rather than specific fonts this allows you give the browser a selection of fonts to choose from in order of preference, and if it cannot find the first on the list it can revert to the second, third, etc. This leads to further complications if your products are cross platform, since the fonts that ship with Windows machines are not the same as those for Macintosh machines, and the various flavours of Linux / Unix can be different from either one. Since the help will be displayed on the user's computer, it will be using their fonts, not yours, so unless you are installing the required fonts along with your application you are usually best off to stick with fonts that ship with the various operating systems. For online help, you have to consider whether or not your users have the font you intend to use.
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