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Re: Different fonts in webpages
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lugnet.publish
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Mon, 11 Oct 1999 03:26:11 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@NOVERAnomorespam.COM
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Matthew Miller wrote:
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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
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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.
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 (helvetica, geneva, ariel yada yada) to
get one sans serif font and ditto for Times New Roman or its workalikes.
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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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| (...) "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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