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Over the past few days, Ive asked a few questions to solve my font problem. I was using a variety of obscure fonts for my design. I was using @font-face, and trying to figure out ways of making my backup fonts in the family change size if they were used. It has been way too complicated, and I have decided to simplify things and use a more popular set of fonts in my family.
font-family:Century Gothic,arial,sans-serif;
I have chosen to use Century Gothic as my primary font (which I thought was standard on most computers). After much testing, most browsers are using a sans-serif font in most computers.
Here is the site: http://www.vitaminjdesign.com
A few questions:
1- is my site showing up as century Gothic or sans serif?
2- is century Gothic specific to a certain OS?
3- is there any improvements in the css that could load century gothic (possibly different filenames/font names for the same font?) Do I need it in quotes too?
Thanks, and sorry its a departure from the normal S.O. programming question.
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It is a popular font for use in advertising, particularly when headlines or small amounts of type are needed. Because of its clear clean design, the Century Gothic design can often be found in at use in schools and when teaching languages.
Century Gothic is a digital sans-serif typeface in the geometric style, released by Monotype Imaging in 1991. It is a redrawn version of Monotype's own Twentieth Century, a copy of Bauer's Futura, to match the widths of ITC Avant Garde Gothic.
Century Gothic is a geometric sans serif font that makes a great visual impact when you use it for headlines, subheadings, even product names. It is a web safe font, and you will find it across almost all Microsoft and Apple operating systems.
1- is my site showing up as century Gothic
No.
or sans serif?
Yes.
2- is century Gothic specific to a certain OS?
No, it's not included in any OS. It is often installed by MS Office.
3- is there any improvements in the css that could load century gothic
You could use @font-face embedding to have recent browsers download and use the font. Unfortunately this isn't allowed for in the usual Monotype license; you'd have to get a special embedding license. Which may not even exist for that font.
(possibly different filenames/font names for the same font?)
No, the Monotype edition is the only variant I'm aware of.
If you are set on a geometric sans, you could try including Futura ("Futura", "Futura Std", "Futura LT Medium", "Futura Md BT", "Futura No 2"), Avenir ("Avenir Medium", "Avenir 55 Roman", "Avenir Next LT Pro"), or even Avant Garde in desperate times. But none of these, or any other geometric, are bundled with operating systems, so you have a pretty small chance of it working.
Do I need it in quotes too?
Yes.
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Or you can go the @font-face path but use a free font. These are all free and look like Century Gothic:
Nevis
PT Sans
Walkway (family)
Caviar Dreams
Cicle (family)
Kozuka Gothic Pro L (Kozuka is a family)
You can find them in dafont.com, fontsquirrel.com, and other similar sites.
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Monotype now also provide a web font license for embedding Century Gothic using @font-face. If you're willing to pay the price, here's the link http://www.fontslive.com/font/century-gothic-family.aspx
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