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

[Michael Heath]

Chad,
Most of those 'old school' fonts you see are probably just large containers
for fonts. Font family just tells the browser "I want you to use a font
similar to ______". While it can be used to say "I want you to use exactly
the font ________ and none other", this is bad for reasons I tried to stress
earlier.

Say you specifiy "Arial". That is not meaining you want to force your user
into whatever old boring font is called simply "Arial" on your machine. It
means you're specifying a font LIKE Arial - a sans-serif, clean font.
Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, and Tahoma are all excellent sans-serif font
family choices. Verdana was actually designed specifically for clean, modern
websites. My most common font family string is Verdana, Tahoma, Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif.


Mike Heath

On Dec 14, 2007 9:36 AM, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Thanks for the responses!
>
> Yes indeed, I realize the difference between HTML and (for example)
> CSS.  Thad is correct, I've made the distinction, and FWIW I'm 'pro'
> separating content from structure/design.  I'm also aware of Font
> Families.  Most of the lists of Font Families I've seen (and that is
> kind of where my email meant to go) is limited to about 5 or 6 "old
> school" fonts.  On my Linux box I've got over 4000 fonts, and a
> plethora on my Windows box.  I'm sure Mac users have 800 million or
> so.  I realize the font should be separated from the content, that's
> great.  But is there a list, a table if you will, of fonts common to
> multiple *modern* operating systems besides these 5 or 6 variations we
> commonly see as Font Family options?  I'm sure between my 4000+ fonts,
> the 800 gazillion on Mac, and Windows (XP and above with a relatively
> default install) there are more than 5 in common.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Chad
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