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Re: Different fonts in webpages
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Date: 
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 00:59:30 GMT
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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 and most web sites arent designed around them.

Idealy sites shoudl be designed so that no specific font is neccessary (system
default font) and things that require specific fonts shoudl be do in images or
another means that alows the viewing of fonts that arent on the viewers
computer.

"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.

Course if you make a Mac specific web site then the rest of us would be out of
luck :o)

jmn

www.nugator.com



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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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(...) "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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