Posted by David Dorward on 12/17/05 21:51

msswasstastic@aol.com wrote:

> Are there any valid arguments that support sticking to the same basic
> screen fonts?

Not really. If the user doesn't have a font, then they get the fallback
font. No big deal in most cases.

> The same thing goes for web safe colors. This argument dates back to a
> time when putting up a .jpg was a risk and the safe bet was a .gif.

The argument dates back to when 256 colour displays were common, and
designers hated dithering. (And the safe bet was a GIF that used a specific
colour palette, and using that palette for any colour specifications in the
HTML document / style sheet).

> Really, is there anyone's computer who can't load a font such as Impact
> online

Well I don't have it ... but so what?

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