Desired Font Rendering

A system for displaying a message from a first user to a second user, said system including:

• a communications module for receiving the message from the first user, the message including text in an intended font and metadata, the metadata including a link to a font source outside of said system;
• a processor for determining whether the intended font is on said system and obtaining rendering instructions from the font source if the intended font is not on said system, the rendering instructions including instructions how to display the text in the intended font on said system without downloading the intended font to said system;
• and
• a display for displaying the text in the intended font using the rendering instructions.

A computer program product for displaying a message from a first user to a second user, said computer program product including:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to receive the message from the first user in a system of the second user, the message including text in an intended font and metadata, the metadata including a link to a font source outside of the system of the second user;
• second program instructions to determine whether the intended font is on the system of the second user;
• third program instructions to obtain rendering instructions from the font source if the intended font is not on the system of the second user, the rendering instructions including instructions how to display the text in the intended font on the system of the second user without downloading the intended font to the system of the second user;
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• fourth program instructions to displaying the text in the intended font on the system of the second user using the rendering instructions,
• said first program instructions, said second program instructions, said third program instructions, and said fourth program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium.