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Forcing a font

Sent by Adam Kuehn on 10 February 2005 20:08


Greg Morphis wrote:
>Okay, I gotcha! One of these, whichever group my font falls into..ie
>Tahoma, sans-serif
>so it'll at least resort to a similar font.
>Thanks!
>     * 'serif' (e.g. Times)
>     * 'sans-serif' (e.g. Helvetica)
>     * 'cursive' (e.g. Zapf-Chancery)
>     * 'fantasy' (e.g. Western)
>     * 'monospace' (e.g. Courier)

I would not rely on sensible cross-platform defaults for either the 
fantasy or cursive families.  It is fine to use those generic 
families, just be aware that the actual result could vary widely and 
design that part of your page with that in mind.

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-Adam Kuehn
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