[thelist] Common Fonts
rudy
Rudy_Limeback at maritimelife.ca
Mon Dec 18 16:17:02 CST 2000
> For the love of God and all that is readable, please do not
> use Arial if you wish your site to be usable on Macs. (I've
> said this before but I bring it up again because it bears
> repeating). Any Mac that has Arial installed also has Verdana,
> so you can safely use Verdana instead.
hi jake
here's a page that goes into this problem in quite some detail --
Improving Appearance of Arial Font on the Macintosh
(Solutions for both Mac Users and Web Developers)
http://users.hit.net/~bobbau/platforms/MacArialFonts/
the solutions for web developers
(http://users.hit.net/~bobbau/platforms/MacArialFonts/#WebAuthors)
suggests that
The best choice is therefore:
<FONT FACE="Geneva,Arial,Helvetica">
This way, the Mac users see Geneva, Windows users see
Arial, and UNIX users see Helvetica.
As still another option, if you actually prefer the
appearance of "Verdana" (another sans-serif font), you
might specify:
<FONT FACE="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica">
This way, Verdana is used if present (on either Windows
or Mac). If not, then Geneva is used on the Mac, Arial
on Windows, and Helvetica on UNIX.
rudy.ca
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