Lowest common denominator fonts for Word?

[ffutures]

One of the things I want to provide with Forgotten Futures X is dragon character record sheets as editable Word etc. .DOC files. I've already done this, but it occurs to me that they'll be a mess if anyone else loads them.

The trouble is that the font I've used for the book is Albertus, and I can't give it away with the game because as far as I know it's a commercial font (numerous sites seem to be giving it away, but I suspect that they are not doing so legally). My best move is probably to find a font that is common to Windows, Macs, and if possible Linux distros, use that, and suggest that users pick a font they prefer.

Any suggestions for a font that'll do the trick?


In other news my local computer market has a guy selling 100-page packs of QMS glossy 135g A4 colour laser printer paper. Got one today and gave it a try, the result is VERY impressive, really makes the text stand out - I think it'll be very good for flyers etc. Works out at a fiver a ream, which seems pretty reasonable... unless anyone knows of a cheaper alternative I'll pop back tomorrow and get a few more packs.

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[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Trouble with that is that I want to make an editable document, which means it has to contain the whole font. I'd prefer to use something that's free or already part of the O/S

[ggreig]

Coincidentally Ascender Corporation have just put up a site specifically about Font Embedding, and it looks like a good resource if anyone does want to pursue embedding fonts. I note that I only told part of the story when I commented originally, and that it may be possible to embed an entire font, subject to its licensing.

For interest only at this stage, Bill Hill (font guru at Microsoft) has just posted about font embedding on the web, as he's trying to get an old Microsoft proprietary standard for doing this converted into an open standard.