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Old 09-27-2005, 12:00   #1 (permalink)
Paul Watt
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Hi,
Is there a list of web-safe (if there is such a thing) fonts?

Cheers

Paul


 
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Old 09-27-2005, 12:00   #2 (permalink)
Philip Ronan
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"Paul Watt" wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there a list of web-safe (if there is such a thing) fonts?


No such thing really. Use one of the CSS default font-family values instead:

serif
sans-serif
monospace
cursive
fantasy

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Old 09-27-2005, 12:00   #3 (permalink)
C A Upsdell
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Paul Watt wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there a list of web-safe (if there is such a thing) fonts?


http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_fonts.htm#a01

 
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Old 09-27-2005, 12:00   #4 (permalink)
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Paul Watt wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there a list of web-safe (if there is such a thing) fonts?


The only so-called "web-safe" fonts are the generic (fallback) font
family names used in CSS; "serif", "sans-serif", "cursive", "fantasy"
and "monospace". These names are (or at least should be) recognized by
all browsers, regardless of platform.
http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_font_font-family.asp

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Old 09-27-2005, 12:00   #5 (permalink)
Jonathan N. Little
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Paul Watt wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there a list of web-safe (if there is such a thing) fonts?
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
>

No, but some surveys out there to help indicate which fonts are common
to various OS's

Code Style: Top forty font survey results for Windows, Mac and Unix
family fonts combined

http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-fa...dResults.shtml

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Old 09-27-2005, 16:00   #6 (permalink)
Neredbojias
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With neither quill nor qualm, Paul Watt quothed:

> Hi,
> Is there a list of web-safe (if there is such a thing) fonts?


I don't know if I know but I'll get back to you when I do.

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Old 09-27-2005, 16:00   #7 (permalink)
Charles
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 0938 -0300, Paul Watt
<paulio@wattioNOSPAM.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there a list of web-safe (if there is such a thing) fonts?


You should use the Webcore fonts
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/fonts.html#msfonts

And define also default websafe family fonts recommended by the W3C
(serif, sans-serif, icon, monospace, etc...)

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