Is it safe to say that one should be able to use any of these fonts?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web-safe_fonts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web
What fonts would you consider widespread enough for use?
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Re: What fonts would you consider widespread enough for use?
Nothing is truly safe, probably. Much depends on whether you want to have your page look the same whether the viewer is using Windows, Mac or Linux. In all cases, you should use a default CSS font family as the last in the comma delimited string specifying the font-family.toasty2 wrote:Is it safe to say that one should be able to use any of these fonts?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web-safe_fonts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web
A good resource to keep an eye on is http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-famil ... ults.shtml
As you can see, no single font will be on everyone's computer. Your best bet is to declare a font-family, start with the fonts you'd like to use and follow with alternatives which are more widespread in use. Always end the line with a general serif or sans-serif.

As you can see, no single font will be on everyone's computer. Your best bet is to declare a font-family, start with the fonts you'd like to use and follow with alternatives which are more widespread in use. Always end the line with a general serif or sans-serif.
Are you sure? The designers?I've done always seem to use arial, don't know guess the designers just like that one
http://www.ms-studio.com/articles.htmlArial is everywhere. If you don't know what it is, you don't use a modern personal computer. Arial is a font that is familiar to anyone who uses Microsoft products, whether on a PC or a Mac. It has spread like a virus through the typographic landscape and illustrates the pervasiveness of Microsoft's influence in the world.
Arial's ubiquity is not due to its beauty. It's actually rather homely. Not that homeliness is necessarily a bad thing for a typeface. With typefaces, character and history are just as important. Arial, however, has a rather dubious history and not much character. In fact, Arial is little more than a shameless impostor.