Font Preview?

[boogily]

Is there a way to install fonts server-side? I'm trying to make a site where the user can enter his/her typing, change his/her fonts, and be able to preview it.

I have to find a way to get fonts installed server-side. Unless it can all be loaded in flash/as3?

If ANYONE has a way to help me out that would be greatly appreciated.

[cs_student]

What do you mean fonts installed? What is going to be using the fonts. If you want the browser to display a specific type of font, than it is important that the user has the font on his computer and you don't need it on the server.

If you need it for flash (which I've never used), I assume you can load a truetype font from a file. In that case have the user upload the file to the server, then write it to the appropriate directory.
In that case you could
A: Use one of the gazillion pre-made uploaders found on the internet.
B: Take a look at the Java networking tutorial (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/index.html) and right your own uploading script.


cs_student