[thelist] fonts.

[James Warfield]

I am using FrontPage2003 When I did the first website it was FrontPage 
2000 that was when they couldn't read the font. I think I used Edwardian 
font. They said it just looked like gibberish.  What I have read and 
what  others have offered  is to use Sans Serif. Your 2cents seem to 
make the most sense.

Thanks
James.

Nan Harbison wrote:
> What are you using to build webpages? Are you doing it in just a word
> processing program like notepad, or at the other extreme, something like
> Dreamweaver?
> Dreamweaver allows you to specify a group of fonts as a chosen font, and I
> **think** this is done because if a person's computer doesn't have the first
> specified font, it will look for the next one in the list, although I am not
> sure how I arrived at this explanation.
>
> Some web developers think it is easier to read a sans serif font on a
> computer screen, where serif fonts are better in print, because the
> resolution is better. I am not sure if this still holds. I still use sans
> serif fonts for the majority of text on web pages. But newer computer
> monitors have such amazing resolution, maybe it doesn't matter any more.
>
> Just my 2 cents!
> Nan  
>
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> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of James Warfield
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:40 PM
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> Subject: [thelist] fonts.
>
> I am new at building websites and am confused about fonts. Is Ariel a
> specific font or a group of fonts? Sans serif?
> Veranda? Please help
>