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In message <pan.2004.07.03.20.26.29.578649 (AT) goddamn (DOT) co.uk>, Toby A
Inkster <tobyink (AT) goddamn (DOT) co.uk> writes

jake wrote:
Toby A Inkster writes
jake wrote:

Yes, it's very achievable ....... at least for people using Internet
Explorer (and that's probably 80-90% of your audience).

Though I believe WEFT is optional in IE -- you can choose whether or
not to install support when you first install IE.

Umm ..... not quite sure what you mean ;-)

When you do a custom install of IE you choose from a list of components to
install. Components such as "AOL ART Image Format Support", "Web Folders"
and "Offline Browsing Pack".

One of these components is "Internet Explorer Browsing Enhancements" which
adds a number of features to Internet Explorer, including the ability to
deal with embedded fonts. If this component is not installed (such as if
you choose "Minimal Install" or do a custom install) then you don't get
embedded fonts.

Another thing that IEBE does is add better FTP support to IE.

Trust me. I've installed IE going on for 100 times.

You may well be right.

I only had to install IE6 once ..... and it worked for me just as a
'standard installation' -- which is, I guess, what most users would
chose (assuming it wasn't already installed when they got the system out
of its box).

So I guess it's really be a question of 'opting out' rather than 'opting
in' ;-)

regards.

BTW Have you ever tried font embedding? If so, what did you think of the
process?


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Jake

In message <1qr5dpepj1efl$.dlg (AT) brucie (DOT) name>, brucie
<usenetshit (AT) brucie (DOT) name> writes

in post: <news:lQm$4vFTFr5AFwma (AT) gododdin (DOT) demon.co.uk
jake <jake (AT) gododdin (DOT) demon.co.uk> said:

Font downloading is one of mankind's greatest inventions .....

i bet you're easily distracted by bright shiny things.

And there I was, thinking that I'd kept that a secret ...... ;-)

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Jake

jake wrote:

I only had to install IE6 once .....

Well, I have to admin a lot of workstations, so I tend to do a minimal
install all the time to save time. I'm guessing that a lot of IT
departments do similar.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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