[thelist] fonts - ok not to define them?

derick derick at heraldgreen.com
Tue Jul 13 20:14:50 CDT 2004




"My question now is if such a 
difficult-to-read font is the default on so many computers out there, 
is it bad form to not define a font in your stylesheet? I mean, is it 
better usability to define fonts rather than leave them undefined?"

Hi Diane,

Serif fonts are not as screen readable as sans-serif. I define the font
family as:

font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Lucida,Arial,sans-serif;

Verdana for Windows
Helvetica for Mac
Lucida for Unix/Linux
Arial to specify another sans-serif
sans-serif to choose a generic sans-serif if none of the other fonts exist

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