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devan · 12-07-2008, 05:57

can i use fonts provided with windows vista on my website legally?
mainly calbri i think its called.

the new standard windows font.

Do Gooder · 12-07-2008, 06:41

if you paid for vista. yes.

cam · 12-07-2008, 07:23

Of course, if you're declaring your fonts in CSS, then you don't even need to own a copy of a font to use it as you're depending on your end user having it installed. Hence why you declare a few different fonts and fall back to a generic 'serif' or 'sans-serif' at the end.

Do Gooder · 12-07-2008, 08:07

oh aye

bluesage · 12-07-2008, 10:18

might want to read up on sIFR

Scalable Inman Flash Replacement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

as it was mentioned already, if the end user doesnt have calibri, they wont see the website in that font and it will be replaced by their system default unless you specify fallback fonts in your styles.

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bluesage Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Switzerland Posts: 350	might want to read up on sIFR Scalable Inman Flash Replacement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia as it was mentioned already, if the end user doesnt have calibri, they wont see the website in that font and it will be replaced by their system default unless you specify fallback fonts in your styles. __________________ www.benshu.ch // Evolving with Style

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