[Wylug-help] More html advice, please

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 27 May 2008 00:45:04 Smylers wrote:
> Anne Wilson writes:
> > On Monday 26 May 2008 18:57:01 Smylers wrote:
> > >   font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
> >
> > Is the family for 'Arial' 'sans-serif' then?
>
> Yes.  The list is here:
>
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html#value-def-generic-family
>
Resource bookmarked.

> Note that Arial is very Windows-specific (Arial was created by tweaking
> a different typeface to have the proportions of Helvetica, but without
> having to pay licence fees for actual proper Helvetica), so you almost
> certainly want to specify Helvetica as an alternative to Arial before
> resorting to 'anything sans'.
>
> Not many people can spot the difference between Helvetica and Arial, but
> those who generally have a preference for The Real Thing.  So you may as
> well put Helvetica first, for the benefit of those who have both
> installed.
>
> At least some Linux systems appear to come with a Helvetica clone called
> FreeSans Medium, so I'd throw that in there too:
>
>   font-family: Helvetica, "FreeSans Medium", Aria, sans-serif;
>
Once again, thanks for the guidance.  All adjustments have now been made and 
I'll upload the changes today.

Anne
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