Resource availability: fonts

[Tyro]

One cannot necessarily rely on particular font being available on a system, and for security reasons asminsistrators restrict instalation of fonts (among other things) onto systems in a network. I would like to know if it is possible to embed a font into my code so that I know that it will always be there, or can I provide it with the exe but not have to rely on it being "installed" (i.e. use it from the same folder in which the exe resides)? 

Thanks,
Andrew