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If this is put in a web page :
BODY { font-family: somefont } and the user's system does not have a somefont font, what will the browser display, assuming that this selector is at the top of the hierachy?
BODY { font-family: somefont } and the user's system does not have a somefont font, what will the browser display, assuming that this selector is at the top of the hierachy?
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If you want to be sure that the user has the font you use, type like CF_Spike described. I just wanted to add that PC-users 'always' have Arial, Verdana and Mac users 'always' have Helvetica, Verdana. Verdana is therefore a very popular font.
Mac users won't 'always' have Verdana. It's one of the fonts MS apps install, and there are lots of Mac users that don't have any MS apps -- I know many designers who use older systems and don't have IE, or much of ANYTHING MS -- and if they use Word, it's 5.0, which didn't load any extra fonts, if I remember correctly. And on top of that, there are lots and lots of Mac users that trash any fonts that MS installs, or turn them off in ATM/Suitcase/FontReserve/w
Mac users WILL have Geneva -- they have to, it's a system font. Mac system fonts are normally Geneva, Chicago, Monaco, New York. No matter how old or crappy the Mac, or what OS version they use, they'll have those fonts.
But they won't necessarily have Verdana... ;-)
Mac users WILL have Geneva -- they have to, it's a system font. Mac system fonts are normally Geneva, Chicago, Monaco, New York. No matter how old or crappy the Mac, or what OS version they use, they'll have those fonts.
But they won't necessarily have Verdana... ;-)
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Great comments again from everyone thanks.
Ok webwoman, i give up ;)
But it would be nice if everyone had verdana. I like that font!
But it would be nice if everyone had verdana. I like that font!