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Re: Different fonts in webpages
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lugnet.publish
Date: 
Sun, 10 Oct 1999 22:34:44 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.{spamcake}org
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Jason M Normand <nugator@nugator.com> wrote:
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

"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 your page in a default serif font anyway.

There were some efforts at on-the-fly downloadable typography a few years
ago, from both Netscape and Microsoft. I'm not sure I've ever seen anybody
use that, though.




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  Re: Different fonts in webpages
 
.> "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)
  Re: Different fonts in webpages
 
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)
  Re: Different fonts in webpages
 
(...) 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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  Re: Different fonts in webpages
 
(...) 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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