DreamWeaver

[ajj]

i have a basic question. The font that i am trying to use for my webpage isn't supported so the font will revert to being Ariel or New Times Roman but in REALLY big letters... is there a font that i can use that will have the same effect but be supported on more platforms?

the website for reference is http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ajj/abg.htm

-andy

[elridge]

Andy,

That's nice that you have a section of your webpage dedicated to your girlfriend!

So, you play soccer? Cool! I grew up playing soccer but don't get to play very much any more... I sometimes get together with ppl to play on the mall... lemme know if you'd be interested in playing and I'll let you know when we do...

[abudhu]

So you like the big font size?

Why not just use Arial or Times New Roman...and just change the initial size of the font? (i.e Dreamweaver: Sizes 1/2/3/4/5 which will write the code as header sizes 1/2/3/4/5/....Get it?)

The only way you could, at first thought, use the font you want is to upload it to your webserver, and make an intro page with a base clickable image (Enter here) and have a notice: Runs best at X/X resolution, and THIS font, (clickable where they can d/l and install it)

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Edit: Also since you did take those pics from a friend, and did not mention it thats called Stealing. I suggest you put an ALT(when mouse hovers over the image a little yellow box will appear with some text) on those images giving credit to him.

[jonathaw]

I've never heard of Freestyle Script before... although I have it on my comp. I think Monotype Corsiva is the most common cursive-y font, and it's a lot closer to the size of more "normal" fonts. If that doesn't make sense, go into your favorite word processor and type a sentence in Times New Roman, then copy it and change the second sentence's font to Freestyle Script while keeping the font size at 12. You'll notice that Freestyle is A LOT smaller.

[jonathaw]

Another option of course is to just type it in Photoshop and make it an image instead of text.

[seanf]

images aren't searchable...

[zavala]

images aren't searchable...


While it is true that images can't be read as text, the solution to this is to include an alt tag with every image.

That said. You don't really want a whole block of text to be an image, but this solution is fine for a logo or banner.

[dparm]

ALT tags should be included for usability as well.

[ajj]

ok, so can someone tell me how to put an 'Alt Tag' in using dreamweaver?

Is that a CSS command or can i do that just using the design feature of Dreamweaver?

[fischerm]

Select the image in DW, and in the properties inspector there's a little field for ALT text. If you look at the HTML code it should be something like <img src="myimage.jpg" alt="Hello, this is descriptive text about this image">

[emurphy1]

Open the page in Dreamweaver. Click once on the image (or other component that you want to add an ALT tag to). Look at the bottom of the page, the properties for that image should be visible. If properties is not visible then right-click on the image and select properties from the context menu.

One of the fields in the properties is ALT. It will be a text box, type in the text you want the ALT tag to have.

Another way to add ALT tag text is to have properties visible on the left side (outside of the HTML page) and add the appropriate text there in the field labeled 'ALT'.

Of course there is always the "old fashinoned" way...have the code view open in Dreaweaver and add the ALT property with appropriate text to the IMG tag of the picture in question. Here is an example of that taken from the source of this page...
<img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/user_offline.gif" alt="ajj is offline" border="0" />