Posted by Jim Moe on 10/18/99 11:41

dorayme wrote:
> Is there a simple way of finding out what font one is looking at
> in a web page? Sometimes, of course, it is easy to look at source
> and css, but other times it is a bother to get the right sheet...
>
Looking at the style specification and knowing the browser's defaults is
the only way.
If you use Mozilla or Firefox there is an extension called WebDeveloper
<http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/>. One of its many useful
features is the ability to see the style for any selected element. (But
you still need to know the browser's font defaults.)

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