Embedding non-standard fonts

How is it done....and what are the pros and cons?

[stuntdubl]

I read a bit of how to embed fonts in this post:
[webmasterworld.com ]

Is there a way to embed fonts into a page that IS compatible with at least MOST browsers?

Using an h1 as the example,
Would something like this work?

h1.cooltitles
{font-family: Non-standard-font-here url (nonstandardfontonwebserver.ttf), arial, sans-serif;}

[DrDoc]

Compatible with most browsers? No.
Solutions? Yes.

The sad part of the story is that there's no absolute standard as far as dynamic fonts. It's one way in IE, another in Netscape.

So, bottom line - stick to the standard fonts. If you need to use a certain "special" font, turn it into a graphic, or use Flash or PDF to display it.