Re: [WSG] OS detection

2006-03-24 Thread Lea de Groot
Felix Miata wrote: Someone who actually has those broken antiques around to test with might want to test out the font-family I use to do resets with, something like 'p .normal {font-family: qwzxxzwq, serif;}'. IIRC it was an IE6 version, so not too 'antique'. Unfortunately it was a couple of ye

Re: [WSG] OS detection

2006-03-24 Thread Felix Miata
On 06/03/24 05:32 Lea de Groot apparently typed: > Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: >> Then why not avoid naming a font and do a simple: >> font-family: Sans-Serif; >> or >> font-family: Serif; >> Then the OS could use whatever it assumed to be it's definitive version >> of that font style. > Be

Re: [WSG] OS detection.

2006-03-23 Thread Andrew Cunningham
Thanks Matthew. Matthew Cruickshank wrote: Andrew Cunningham wrote: The crux of the issue is the I'd want to use Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma in a browser on Windows Vista, but avoid those fonts on any other version of Windows, since the core fonts would be inappropriate fonts on older v

Re: [WSG] OS detection.

2006-03-23 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Matthew Cruickshank wrote: Andrew Cunningham wrote: The crux of the issue is the I'd want to use Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma in a browser on Windows Vista, but avoid those fonts on any other version of Windows, since the core fonts would be inappropriate fonts on older versions of Windows

Re: [WSG] OS detection.

2006-03-23 Thread Matthew Cruickshank
Andrew Cunningham wrote: The crux of the issue is the I'd want to use Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma in a browser on Windows Vista, but avoid those fonts on any other version of Windows, since the core fonts would be inappropriate fonts on older versions of Windows. The user-agent string o

Re: [WSG] OS detection.

2006-03-23 Thread Tom Livingston
On 3/23/06 8:46 AM, "Andrew Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One aspect that has me wondering at the moment, is ways of selecting or > specifiying appropriate fonts in CSS. On Windows Vista I'd use the core > Times New Roman, Tahoma or Arial fonts, and likewise slect appropriate fonts >

[WSG] OS detection.

2006-03-23 Thread Andrew Cunningham
Hi everyone, I have what many be a very odd question. Please bear with me. At the moment i'm in the early stages of planning a digital library project targeting African languages. One aspect that has me wondering at the moment, is ways of selecting or specifiying appropriate fonts in CSS. On