[Question] can we add custom fonts?

[Flakez]

this is exactly what im trying to say
if we get custom fonts, people will start using fonts more often because they would be unique

Not really. It gets annoying to put the fonts everytime you type. Anyway looks like it can't be done either way, so you're out of luck.

 

[Joker]

To add custom fonts on a website is not possible. As only users that own the font and have it installed can see it. With that said you can use browser plugin and view posts in any font you like.. however others will never be able to see the custom font unless you make him or her download it before. So sorry not possible.

So, you can't add fonts like, "Corbel", to the actual font roaster on the database?

 

[Zise]

couldn't you just add it to one of the website's standard fonts so everybody can use it?

Thats the whole issue. Fonts are loaded locally on your computer and not downloaded each time you view a website. So all that can be done is to write a font family in css that states in which order the website should prioritize the fonts shown so that a custom font would be loaded before verdana if the user has it... however then its easier to just locally change the look of the font with a plugin, as noone will ever see your custom font anyway.

So, you can't add fonts like, "Corbel", to the actual font roaster on the database?

There is no such thing as a font db,the fonts you can see is the ones you have installed on your pc only.

We could possible use font face in css3 to get new fonts, however it's nothing the interest us right now.

 

[Caliburn]

Coincidently I talked with Zise about this a while back and he already explained why this is not possible. We can't add fonts to the forums. Fonts are read by your own PC, not Vbulletin. As practically everyone by default has fonts like Arial, Century Gothic and all the Word fonts installed on his PC, they all work on Vbulletin if you use the font-tags with the name of the font even if they are not listed in the font drop down menu.

I even tested this. I installed a series of wacky custom fonts I downloaded from the internet on my PC. Result? They all work on NB, I can see those custom fonts because my PC can read them, I only need to add the font name to the standard font-tags and voilá. The problem with that is that only the people who have downloaded and installed that same font will be able to see it. Everyone else would just see the standard font.

So in theory if you could get everyone on NB to download and install a custom font, then you could use a custom font that everyone would be able to see.