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So here in the above.... it will always use sans-serif i guess right ?? Which is a generic font ?
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HI, 
I came across the following font-family in a css rule : 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-10-28930444-1">body
{
	/* Font */
	font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;
	font-size: 12px;

	/* Text color */
	color: #333;

	/* Remove the background color to make it transparent */
	background-color: #fff;

	margin: 20px;
}
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what does it mean by specifying font-family as &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; 
 
As i read sans-serif is a generic family.... and if the browser supports it will this only be applied and rest of them being ignored totally ? 
Also on <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/font-family" rel="ugc">https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/font-family</a> 
its mentioned that : A generic font family should be the last item in the list of font family names 
why is that so ? 
 
Thanks
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HI,
I came across the following font-family in a css rule : 
(CODE)

what does it mean by specifying font-family as 	font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, "Trebuchet MS";

As i read sans-serif is a generic family.... and if the browser supports it will this only be applied and rest of them being ignored totally ?
Also on https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/font-family
its mentioned that : A generic font family should be the last item in the list of font family names
why is that so ?

Thanks

What is font-family

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a language used for describing the look and formatting of a document written in a markup language. Usually used to change web pages and user interfaces written in HTML, it can also be applied to any kind of XML document. CSS is designed primarily to distinguish the content of a document from its presentation.