[sllug-members]: Developing websites for *today's* masses

[Chad]

Hello,

<Soapbox>
There seems to be a lot of information on how to program a website
that anyone can use, regardless of their desire to still surf with <a
href="http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/WorldWideWeb.html">Nexus</a>.
 I'm not saying it's wrong to make that decision (ok I am) but I think
that developing for obsoleted browsers is a big hindrance to
progression with web design (outside of a *gasp* *cough* *choke* Flash
driven website).  Specifically the point I am interested in is Font
usage.  I realize some small devices (a Motorolla RAZR for example)
need an alternate interface, so I'm not directing this towards that
side of web development; I think those websites need an alternate
design anyway (based on browser identification or something similar).
I'm talking about your typical everyday website that you are going to
hit up from your desk at home or work, with a 19 - 24 inch LCD monitor
using Firefox, Safari, IE 6/7 or something newer.
</Soapbox>

<Question>
Is there some information on what fonts exist on modern operating
systems that allow a web designer to take better advantage of todays
fonts and begin rendering websites using these "highly advanced" fonts
with a possible fall back to Arial or Verdana, so as to not exclude
the folks who refuse to give up their days of ol'?  I know I can just
randomly pick the font I like and check for myself, but I'd prefer a
nice organized tabled (ok, maybe in pure CSS :D) list of fonts that
are common to multiple modern operating systems.  Does anyone know of
such a beast?
</Question>

Thanks!

-Chad