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If I created a webpage with a custom font and used it, would the visitor have to install that font, or would it be embedded (so the visitor doesn't need to install anything)?

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  • It depends on how you used the font, if you used something like TypeKit or google fonts, then the user doesn't need to install anything, if you are just referencing a custom font in your css then it will use the fallback fonts if the user does not have the fonts. – JanR Apr 06 '16 at 23:36
  • No, users do not **install** any fonts from visiting a web page. The question is too broad and off-topic, you can google "how web font works" or so, there is a great article by CSS-Tricks, you'll learn a lot from there I think - https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/using-font-face/ – Stickers Apr 06 '16 at 23:59

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Yes, the visitor would have to install a custom font. 

@font-face { font-family: Crazyfont; src: url('Crazyfont-Roman.otf'); }

Then you would reference it in the HTML like any other font.

h1 { font-family: Crazyfont, sans-serif; }
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If you used a custom font, you have to import it because if a visitor doesn't have a font in their OS it will be replaced with one of the default fonts

Here is some information of how to import fonts to your web page

Here you can find a little information about using google web fonts

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