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Old 11-29-2007, 09:53 PM need FONT help
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I really like the look of "old typewriter" font. I've tried using it on my business card and now my website. But people say it's hard to read. http://sorrentofilms.com/about.html

Any alternatives? aside from plain New Courier?
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Old 11-29-2007, 11:31 PM Re: need FONT help
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I can read your page just fine, personally. Sure, there's alternatives, but why not just increase your smallest font size by about 50%?
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Old 11-30-2007, 10:24 AM Re: need FONT help
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Why do you want to find alternative?
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Old 11-30-2007, 12:40 PM Re: need FONT help
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Why do you want to find alternative?
people are telling me it's too hard to read.
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Old 11-30-2007, 05:19 PM Re: need FONT help
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I have to agree, it appears blurry. Is that a grungy version of the font ?
Go with a cleaner version and it might be ok.

However, using ALL graphics for even text is not a good idea at all.
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Old 11-30-2007, 06:02 PM Re: need FONT help
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Maybe make the fontage a bit larger! i can read it fine, but i have to concentrate when reading.

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However, using ALL graphics for even text is not a good idea at all.
I thought that when i saw it. Try using the flash font method.
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Old 11-30-2007, 08:42 PM Re: need FONT help
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I have to agree, it appears blurry. Is that a grungy version of the font ?
Go with a cleaner version and it might be ok.

However, using ALL graphics for even text is not a good idea at all.
Sorry, I don't understand. You mean it needs pictures?
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Old 12-01-2007, 12:14 PM Re: need FONT help
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No, that's not what I mean. The page you posted is made up completely of images. There's no ACTUAL text on the page and that is not good.
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Old 12-01-2007, 01:48 PM Re: need FONT help
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No, that's not what I mean. The page you posted is made up completely of images. There's no ACTUAL text on the page and that is not good.
I'm confused. The page I posted is ALL text, there are no images or anything moving.
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Old 12-02-2007, 01:11 AM Re: need FONT help
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No, the only text on that page that is not within an image is the e-mail link. Which means that search engines and screen readers will not recognize it as text. I looked back at the source code and checked. It is better to either embed the font in the page or use sifR to do a Flash-based approximation of it while still retaining it as text within the code of the page itself.
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