Text Type for display in other browsers

[Billiam]

I have a Pub 2007 website which I am happy with in I.E., however, in Firefox
and Safari, the Header Arial Black text appears jagged...is there a font with
a better cross browser look?

Also, for best page loading time, roughly what size pagefile would you
recommend? For example, is 75 kb considered large for a page?

Thanks,

Billiam

 

[Don Schmidt]

I wanted to use Black Chancery but most others wouldn't see it for they
wouldn't have it on their computers. My solution was create the Black
Chancery and then create an image of the text and place the text image on
the page; the same may be the solution for you.

 

[DavidF]

My guess is that your text has been converted to an image and that would
account for the 'jaggies'. Preview the page and try to left click, drag and
select the text. If you can't then it has been converted to an image. Or
better yet, Publish to the web and direct your site files to your computer
where you can find them, then open the .htm file with both IE and FireFox
and test. In some circumstances the text will be fine in IE but not in FF.
Also you can look in the index_files folder in thumbnail view. If the text
has been converted to an image you will be able to spot it as an image.

Arial Black is a web font so it should not be automatically converted to an
image like a non web font can be, so you need to look for a different
reason. As you can't provide a link to the site I can again only guess as to
why. If you are using a fill color in the text box remove it and see if that
helps. If you are using a fancy border, remove it and see if that helps. You
can try a different web font. Select the text > format > font and make sure
the option to 'Show only web fonts' is selected.

Size matters...but the main thing is to limit the use of images and make
sure they are compressed or optimized.

Reference: Compress Pictures dialog box (2007):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100363901033.aspx?pid=CL100605171033

DavidF

 

[Goose]

My guess is that your text has been converted to an image and that would
account for the 'jaggies'. Preview the page and try to left click, drag and
select the text. If you can't then it has been converted to an image. Or
better yet, Publish to the web and direct your site files to your computer
where you can find them, then open the .htm file with both IE and FireFox
and test. In some circumstances the text will be fine in IE but not in FF..
Also you can look in the index_files folder in thumbnail view. If the text
has been converted to an image you will be able to spot it as an image.

Arial Black is a web font so it should not be automatically converted to an
image like a non web font can be, so you need to look for a different
reason. As you can't provide a link to the site I can again only guess asto
why. If you are using a fill color in the text box remove it and see if that
helps. If you are using a fancy border, remove it and see if that helps. You
can try a different web font. Select the text > format > font and make sure
the option to 'Show only web fonts' is selected.

Size matters...but the main thing is to limit the use of images and make
sure they are compressed or optimized.

Reference: Compress Pictures dialog box (2007):http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100363901033.aspx?pid=CL1006...

DavidF







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Also, if the text is converted to a graphic, I don't think the words
will be recognized by search engines, if that consideration is
relevant to the site.

Goose

 

[Spike]

Some food for thought

Since the advent of the new browsers I have been clearing the format and
using the font "Trebuchet MS" and am finding that the layout in Publisher
2007 and the presentation in IE 8 and others are about 95 to 99 percent the
same for the spacing and readability.

Spike

 

[DavidF]

Good point. I think that should always be a concern, and in general you
should work to avoid your text being converted to an image. You can add an
ALT tag to an image but having text that the webbots can read is much
better.

DavidF

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Also, if the text is converted to a graphic, I don't think the words
will be recognized by search engines, if that consideration is
relevant to the site.

Goose

 

[DavidF]

I will have to try it. I use primarily plain Arial and comic sans for some
titles on occasion...pretty boring but it seems to work.

DavidF