Designing the app

[TSeierstad]

Hi, I´m designing an app for our programers. As a designer I need to know what kind of fonts I can choose from. The app is going to be designed for Mac, PC and Linux.

Can I embed fonts or is this not recomended?
Do I have to use systemfonts in each OS, and what are the system fonts?
(Remember the app is also designed for different versions of each OS).

What are my limits and what can I choose from in the fonts area?

Any help would be nice!

[jano_alex_es]

I think uou can use all the fonts installed in each computer depending the operating system.

Take a look to QFontDatabase

[TSeierstad]

Thanks for the tip!
But, your link did not work...

If that´s the only fonts I can use, how can I find out wich fonts these are?
What kind of fonts can I choose from on PC system, Linyx and Mac?

[jens]

If you have a custom TrueType font and the legal rights to distribute it, you can dynamically load this font using QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont () (http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/qfontdatabase.html#addApplicationFont). This should work on all systems you mentioned. Apart from that the font used will be entirely depending on the system. You can "hint" that it should use Arial and it would be automatically with a different sans-serif font on linux where this font cannot be legally used. (though it is included on Mac) Note that changing the application font will immediately make your application seem non-native and potentially alienate users. Accessibility might also be a concern.

[TSeierstad]

Thanx!
Then the way to go for us is a system font. We need everyone to have access to this program and not exclude anyone.

Where can I find all the systemfonts to choose from in each operating system?
PC system fonts?
Linux system fonts?
Mac system fonts?

I need to find a font that looks the same in each OS...

[jano_alex_es]

Where can I find all the systemfonts to choose from in each operating system?

In google :P (http://www.apaddedcell.com/web-fonts)

[TSeierstad]

Thanks again. I realy had truble searching in google to find the right match...