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Is there a list of fonts that are "safe" or safer to use in pages. I want to change up some of the fonts on my page, but don't know if there are standard web fonts to choose from. Thanks, LINC -- ---...--- New email address! linc@bulkley.net (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Linc, if at all possible it is best to use on of the standard fonts (arial, currier, ect.) with these you are pretty much certain of compatability with most of what is out there. Microsoft has a page that details the most commonly used fonts (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) "Standard" in the sense of standard on Microsoft operating systems, of course. Doesn't do the rest of us any good. If you're going to try to change the typeface, you'll have to remember that a good percentage of your viewers are going to see (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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.> "Standard" in the sense of standard on Microsoft operating systems, of (...) change (...) viewers (...) This is my concern really. I have a windows system and the fonts that come with using that system. It is the other OS's that I am wondering (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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I know it sucks, but the truth is that about 90% of people looking at typical web sites use a Microsoft OS. My site has a 91% windows rate, with Mac and Unix covering about 3.5% each. Although Macs and Unix and Linux may be better systems thier rare (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Agreed. I never specify font, only size and face. However I HAVE seen people (including here at Lugnet(tm) I think but I could be too wrong and too lazy to check, I am in a hotel and paying for my 800# access) name off a bazillion font types (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Changing fonts is playing with fire. It's possible to do it right, but it's tricky. Some of my rules of thumb: 1. The best way to specify a Helvetica-like face is to use <FONT FACE="Geneva,Arial,Helvetica"> in that order. Geneva is the for the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) I shouldn't say Verdana _only_ looks good at -1 and -2. It also looks good at very large sizes. It just looks terrible at the default default size. But YMMV, of course. Sometimes people change their settings from the installation defaults (the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) The various font sizes are not even promised to be rendered at different sizes, according to the official spec. HTML really is not meant to be a page layout language, despite a lot of changes which make it more so. (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Partly a chicken-and-egg thing though too -- if you write off everyone but Microsoft, of course MS dominates. (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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Hello Linc, Linc Smith <ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca> wrote in article <FJEoo8.DLp@lugnet.com>... (...) want (...) I'll just through my two cents in here. 1. I would suggest staying away from specifying fonts. You never know what's being used to browse (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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On this past discussion of fonts, I began to wonder... I looked at the page of common MS fonts, and the main font on my webpage is not listed. Its called Papyrus LET, and the other font I use a lot is Comic Sans MS (which is fairly common, I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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I see Times New Roman. I have a lot of fonts, but not Papyrus LET. John Matthews John DiRienzo <ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote in message news:FKAEL6.Mx5@lugnet.com... (...) webpage (...) my (...) want (...) different. (...) some (...) and (...) had (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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John Matthews wrote in message ... (...) Thanks, John, I went through a whole bunch of fonts, and the Papyrus font looked really cool, and I didn't even stop to think if others could see it. Eventually, I'll have to redo the page... that'll be fun! (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) There's nuthin' wrong with specifying the Papyrus font, in case someone does have it installed. I'd also specify something more generic ("serif", "sans-serif", "cursive") in addition, so you're sure what the fallback will be. Both Netscape and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) If you really prefer that font, why not make the titles in that font into low-bandwith gif files? (Images of text are easy to get down to less than 2Kb.) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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Or perhaps at your front page, suggest that folks download the font and provide a link to it. That is what I did with Verdana a couple of years ago. I suspect most folks have picked up since then. It is a Great Font! Of course Papyrus looks good as (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Be careful with that -- few good fonts are freely redistributable. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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Thanks John and Matthew, I made Verdana the back up font on some of my pages, I will have to finish the rest sometime. Verdana does look pretty good, and its shipped on Mac and Win now. I will look into making the font downloadable... sometime. -- (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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