jim lee Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Just winding down a FM project. The idea is to spin it offf as a stand alone application PC & Mac. So, after doing all the development on my Mac, I tested it on the PC. Looks terrible. Seems the PC doesn't come out of the box with Helvetica. The entire interface is helvetica.. Arrgh! Is there a best choice for a font that works cross platform? Can I bundle some helvetica font with an installer? I'm sure I'm not the first to run across this pothole. Any hints? Please? Many thanks in advance! -jim lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanicus Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Lucinda Grande Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Phil Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 The general consensus that I have come across is Verdana Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodSierra Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Verdana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Taylor Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 (edited) I read along time ago that Arial 11pt was the only font that renders pretty much the same and its always been ok for me ... my problem is i am sick of it so i have a quick question.. do you have Lucida Sans on your system? I think it comes with Itunes and i know its very stupid but i like it and may just install Itunes on all of my future clients as they usually have it anyway : (I know I know they may change that any time but thats my problem) THE SECOND POLL WAS SUPPOSED TO READ DO YOU HAVE ITUNES INSTALLED... Edited September 19, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D. Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I am using 8.5 Advanced. I do the design on my Mac, and the move it over to Windows to create a run-time version. I used Tahoma on my Mac because it was one of the (only) four fonts that show up in my Windows version - Arial, Courier New, Tahoma and Times Roman. Even though I used Tahoma on my Mac, it looks like crap on Windows - and it appears larger than what is on my Mac. Is there a quick solution to solving this or do I have to re-do everything in Arial? Thanks Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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