Re: Cross platform issue (Mac)

Could this be a matter of what colors are used, both for the page and for
the text? I have a site that I'm building that uses arial, white text on a
black page, and <.strong> doesn't show up on it, either.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauren Hanka" <bluejay(at)starband.net>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: Cross platform issue (Mac)


>
> > In theory there should be no problem on a mac. Probably fewer sites use
> > strong than bold.
> > In IE 5.1 in OS X your text did not show bold. It did in Opera, OmniWeb
> > and Mozilla. Just for kicks I downloaded your source, substituted
> > verdana for arial then previewed it. Funny thing, MS's own font worked
> > just fine. Substituting <strong> didn't make any difference for arial.
> > It also worked just fine for verdana. You might just consider switching
> > the order.
> > best, michael
>
> That's what's bugging me... Why doesn't arial render in BOLD, when verdana
> does? This is not the first time I've come across this...
>
> If I change the order of the font listing, I effectively change the font
the
> page is displayed in, and  I'd prefer to display in arial. So, does anyone
> know why arial will not render BOLD, and how to correct that?
>
> By the way... I'd test this myself, but my Mac is located quite a distance
> away, and I only make the commute about once every two weeks. Thanks to
all
> of you for not making any snide remarks about why I just don't test the
> <.strong> application myself... :)
>
> Lauren
>
>
>

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