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

[Jacob Evans]

On Dec 13, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Chad wrote:

> 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?

Chad, I came across a blog post earlier today that I thought you  
might find useful:

http://mondaybynoon.com/2007/04/02/linux-font-equivalents-to-popular- 
web-typefaces/

Hope this helps.

Jacob