Re: font ?

by "Kehvan M. Zydhek" <kehvan(at)zydhek.net>

 Date:  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:57:11 -0800
 To:  "Bryon Carlson" <carlson(at)fgi.net>,
"Hwg-Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
 References:  fgi
  todo: View Thread, Original
Bryon,

Based on the font names you've chosen, I'm going on a limb to guess that
you're designing on or for Macs. If that's the case, you would probably know
better than I what fonts are "standard" on that system. If you're designing
for universal viewing, my suggestion would be to stick with the more common
fonts, such as Arial (Windows), Helvetica (Mac), Times New Roman (Windows),
Times (Mac), Courier (both), Verdana (Windows), and Geneva (Mac) (with
sans-serif and serif fallbacks, of course) -- note that Arial is similar to
Helvetica, Verdana is similar to Geneva, and Times/Times New Roman should be
identical.

I've heard of both of the fonts you list, but I've not heard of them as
being standard for webdesign. There's nothing wrong with using either or
both of them, but you'd be safe to include alternate fonts as well, just in
case.

Good luck!
Kehvan M. Zydhek


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryon Carlson" <carlson(at)fgi.net>
To: "Hwg-Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 12:51
Subject: font ?


> This is a rather simple question for this group but I was wondering after
> reading a pryor post on fonts. I have one font that I tend to use quite
> often it is Monotype Corsiva. I believe it to be a fairly regular font but
> was wondering if most everyone has it or if I should stick to somthing
like
> Georgia.
>
> all comments welcome but please be nice. <G>
>
>

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