[thelist] Mac fonts compared to IBM

Matthew Walker matthew at electricsheep.co.nz
Fri Sep 22 00:19:21 CDT 2000


> On this same topic, if we set up our style sheets to read 
> "Verdana, Geneva,
> Arial, sans-serif" for example, and most Mac users have either Verdana or
> Geneva installed, will the Mac browsers (or all the browsers) set the
> preference from left to right and choose Verdana first?

Yes.

> > Moreover, Arial
> > doesn't embolden at all at smaller sizes on the Mac. 

Doesn't bold on the PC either. At least it's consistent! 




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