downladable fonts : Java Glossary

The modern W3C CSS scheme calls the downloadable fonts web fonts. The key is @font-face. You use it like this:

Disadvantages

• There is the overhead of downloading and installing, which may be repeated after the browser font-cache is flushed.
• Security Warnings: Depending on their individual browser settings, visitors may receive a security warning every time a page accesses an embedded font. Besides being disruptive, the warnings may scare visitors away from your site.
• The font downloaded can only be use for your webpages. Presumably font houses will eventually license fonts for use only on websites, that don’t allow users to capture the fonts and use them generally. A large company might design a private house font they reserve for their own webgages alone.