Comments on: Matchiness! http://www.chocolateandgarlic.com/2009/03/i-match/ The Sweet, The Savory Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:49:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pmom http://www.chocolateandgarlic.com/2009/03/i-match/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Pmom Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:07:46 +0000 http://www.chocolateandgarlic.com/?p=1046#comment-396 Right. The true problem is that one of my paid helpers (hosting service) installed the TTF fonts plugin (which I love, because it generates the fancy font for the titles). Another paid helper (design service) did my header and buttons, etc., in a font that I really liked. In theory, that should have been great, because I could then upload that font to my TTF fonts plugin and I would then have the same great font everywhere on the site--excellent matchy-matchiness. Unfortunately, the font my header and buttons were done in was not complete--it didn't include special characters like the ampersand (pretty important for a site named Chocolate & Garlic), the question mark, and the exclamation mark (I find these essential for titles of posts, don't you? This meant that that original font was a hopeless failure for use in conjunction with TTF titles. I found a similar font to use with TTF titles, but I lacked the technical knowledge about how to redo the buttons and header (replacing the TTF failure font with the TTF compatible font) and then upload them to my site. That's where Pdad came in. He didn't know how to do it either, but as with all things computer related, he figured it out and saved the day! Right. The true problem is that one of my paid helpers (hosting service) installed the TTF fonts plugin (which I love, because it generates the fancy font for the titles). Another paid helper (design service) did my header and buttons, etc., in a font that I really liked. In theory, that should have been great, because I could then upload that font to my TTF fonts plugin and I would then have the same great font everywhere on the site–excellent matchy-matchiness. Unfortunately, the font my header and buttons were done in was not complete–it didn’t include special characters like the ampersand (pretty important for a site named Chocolate & Garlic), the question mark, and the exclamation mark (I find these essential for titles of posts, don’t you? This meant that that original font was a hopeless failure for use in conjunction with TTF titles. I found a similar font to use with TTF titles, but I lacked the technical knowledge about how to redo the buttons and header (replacing the TTF failure font with the TTF compatible font) and then upload them to my site. That’s where Pdad came in. He didn’t know how to do it either, but as with all things computer related, he figured it out and saved the day!

]]> By: Pdad http://www.chocolateandgarlic.com/2009/03/i-match/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Pdad Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:08:43 +0000 http://www.chocolateandgarlic.com/?p=1046#comment-395 Just for the record though, I definitely cannot do anything better than the paid helpers. I just had longer to work on it. Plus I couldn't have done this from scratch...I was more in tweaking mode. The reason I was able to get it all matched correctly was just that there was a lot of trial and error on the fonts, i.e. some didn't have the complete set of characters, some caused stuff to get out of alignment, etc. If we had elected to pay for a font versus use free fonts we may have saved some time as well. Just for the record though, I definitely cannot do anything better than the paid helpers. I just had longer to work on it. Plus I couldn’t have done this from scratch…I was more in tweaking mode.

The reason I was able to get it all matched correctly was just that there was a lot of trial and error on the fonts, i.e. some didn’t have the complete set of characters, some caused stuff to get out of alignment, etc. If we had elected to pay for a font versus use free fonts we may have saved some time as well.

]]> By: Jim F. http://www.chocolateandgarlic.com/2009/03/i-match/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Jim F. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:08:15 +0000 http://www.chocolateandgarlic.com/?p=1046#comment-389 I noticed when I first started reading your blog that the fonts didn't match, but I assumed that was just a sign of my lack of graphics understanding. Perhaps it was, but I like the new look better. I noticed when I first started reading your blog that the fonts didn’t match, but I assumed that was just a sign of my lack of graphics understanding. Perhaps it was, but I like the new look better.

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