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Thread ID: 23011 2002-08-05 09:00:00 Standard font faces recognised by all browsers - for use in html Graham Petrie (449) Press F1
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68313 2002-08-05 09:00:00 Hi,

I was just wondering if there was a list of font faces that all computer users were likely to have installed on there computers (I use the term computer as I want to include Mac users as well as PC [windows+linux et al] users.

The reason I ask as I have recently begun developing a webpage (as some of you already know) and I am trying to ensure that I use fonts that are viewable by all web users (or at the very least the majority).

Any help appreciated.

Also, do veteran html users recommend the use of css style sheets for text styles? I have come to the uneducated opinion that they would be extremely efficient if used appropriately.

Thanks alot.

G P 		Graham Petrie (449)
68314 2002-08-05 09:17:00 I can't think of where to find a list but the two most common ones I can think of that feature on both mac and pc would be Arial and Verdana.

I currently use Arial on my site and find it very easy going on the eyes and easy to read. 		Sam H (525)
68315 2002-08-05 09:27:00 Stick to fonts like Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, Courier and other common ones like that.

I've only done a wee but webpage development but I am a Webpage Connoisseur of sorts.

I'd like to say that sans-serif (with out curls) fonts are the best for on a webpage. I can't stand the likes of Times New Roman unless it's in paper format.

As for CSS I like the way you can use them to get rid of the underlines on links. 		-=JM=- (16)
68316 2002-08-05 12:01:00 Yes, use CSS style sheets. I always do. You can slap together a whole website and then change the colour sceme (and other things) in one go by editing one document. Make sure you use a program like TopStyle, which tells you which browsers use the current selector. Not all browsers use all selectors, for example, coloured scroll bars won't show up in Netscape. TopStyle will tell you these things. Elwin Way (229)
68317 2002-08-05 12:16:00 I think the standard is to specify the font family (sans-serif etc) rather than a specific font. bmason (508)
68318 2002-08-05 12:33:00 and straight from some place write under a right mouse button

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> 		-=JM=- (16)
68319 2002-08-06 06:23:00 Thanks guys. JM, I think that what that code means is use font Verdana, if not available, use Arial, if Arial not available, use...

So, What I might do is (using a css style sheet):


.mystyle {font-family: "MYFIRSTCHOICE", CLOSESTBASIC FONTTOPREFERREDCHOICE, CLOSESTFONTFAMILY";}

for example


.kg
{
font-family: "Mael", Arial, sans-serif;
}


Thanks anyway.

G P 		Graham Petrie (449)
68320 2002-08-06 06:33:00 Woa! That was weird! What's the bet I can't repeat that!


"this is pretty cool! I wonder what othre colours can be made?? 		Graham Petrie (449)
68321 2002-08-06 06:43:00 The bolded "this" in the post above was unintentional.


"this is... a "test" "start "stop"

;It seems as though some punctuation sets it off or stops it

hmm the line above was blue in preview at first, but now it's not...

I don't quite get exactly how it works, but each line of the text above is between [ code ] [ /code ] tags.

Is this an error, or a formatting option that is not documented? Or has someone else already discovered this phenomena, and I have missed the thread?

G P 		Graham Petrie (449)
68322 2002-08-06 06:55:00 Well ... I think you have discovered an undocumented feature. B-) If you look at the Formatting Options, you will find that we are supposed to use [ pre ] , [ /pre ] rather than [ code ] and [ /code ].

Watch for PressF1 server overloading on test postings. :D 		Graham L (2)
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