Posted by Neredbojias on 01/07/08 19:33

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:11:51 GMT
Adrienne Boswell scribed:

> I inherited a website from my boss, who has Palantino on her computer.
>
> I don't have Palantino on my computer at work, or my computer at home.
> My default font is Comic Sans, so when I started working on the site, I
> saw the headings appeared Comic Sans, and that is how I wrote the
> headings in the new stylesheet {font-family: "Comic Sans", arial,
> helvetica, sans-serif}.
>
> When I presented this to my boss, she screamed "But you KNOW all of our
> headings are in Palantino!"

Ah yes, now I see your problem. Well, that's what you get when you put
females in positions of authority. I'd quit and go work for a man who will
probably allow you to screw up a bit if you flirt in just the right manner.

> I said, I didn't know that, because all I
> ever saw was my default font. I explained that since I didn't have that
> font, and since there was no fallback font, I saw my default.
>
> Of course, now it's {font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Times New
> Roman", Times, serif;}. I still only see Times New Roman, and
> personally, I liked it better with Comic Sans.
>
> So, the lesson here is to ALWAYS include a fallback and the appropriate
> generic font.

<yawn> So what else is new?

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Neredbojias
Riches are their own reward.

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