The different books that I have read and various online resources have listed the following as commonly installed fonts:
PC: Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana
UNIX: Helvetica, Times
MAC: Helvetica, Courier, Palatino, Times, Verdana, Arial
I always try to list at least 3 different font families in my CSS declarations. I also use the generic names, such as 'sans', 'serif', 'sans-serif', and 'monospace' in my delcarations as well.
If you list a font that the user does not have installed, the browser will use the default system fonts. By using the generic names, you at least tell the browser to use a Serif or Sans-serif font when substituting.
I hope this helps,
Janet Russeau
Monroe, MI USA
At 01:43 PM 2/11/2003 -0600, you wrote:
My first question concerns the actual css file. I am setting up a few pages with an external *.css file. Is it necessary to have html tags in the *.css file itself? It is only a text file after all.Secondly, are there universal fonts that cross over the different os's? For example, if I designated the comic font for a windows system would comic show up in a mac system? Is there a list anywhere covering the availability of fonts on various systems? Or am I grasping at straws? Thanks, Mary Rusinko - Omaha, NE, USA ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%%
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