Posted by arbpen on 05/06/06 00:57

Albert Wiersch wote:
> I'm implementing a check for web-safe typefaces. I consider these to be
> available on about 90% of graphical browsers. Here is the list I have so
> far:
>
> arial, arial black, arial narrow, comic sans, comic sans serif, courier,
> courier new, cursive, fantasy, georgia, helvetica, impact, monospace,
> sans-serif, serif, symbol, times, times new roman, trebuchet, verdana
>
> Any comments? Any issues with the above list? Is there any typeface I missed
> that is commonly used and supported? Thanks!
>

I'm sure this has been discussed here many times. Best to offer a list
of fonts with a generic font as fallback (font-family:arial, helvitca,
sans-serif), or don't supply a font at all and let the user's brower
decide.

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