Standard Fonts??

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Growler, Sep 2, 2005.

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    What are the standard fonts installed on all computers, just checking to be safe when desinging a web page using some certain fonts.... is papyrus standard??
     
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  2. Crazy_Rob

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    times new, arial, verdana, garamond, georgia, geneva, courier new.
     
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  3. davert

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    Those aren't on ALL computers. But Papyrus definitely is NOT standard. Verdana's very common but not yet standard.

    Here's a thought - go to a computer store and look at the fonts in the cheapest Windows box, one without even Office. Then go to an Apple Store and look at a Mac. See what fonts they have and compare the lists. Times will probably have to be listed separately for Macs and PCs. Then you have Linux and God knows what comes with them. Geneva is VERY different on Macs and PCs. Courier should be accompanied by Monaco (for Macs) - Monaco first.

    Palatino seems to be almost standard but I'm not sure. Arial is a version of Helvetica and you'd probably do well to include both because Macs don't come with Arial - someone at Apple presumably paid the license fee instead of making a lookalike. Personally I find that if you use Times you should increase the font size.

    Verdana is VERY common but you should still have a fallback. I personally like Verdana and Georgia (serif) but I do have fallbacks for both.
     
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    Arial
    Arial Bold
    Arial Italic
    Arial Bold Italic
    Courier
    Courier New
    Courier New Bold
    Courier New Italic
    Courier New Bold Italic
    Modern
    MS Sans Serif
    MS Serif
    Smallfonts
    Symbol
    Times New Roman
    Times New Roman Bold
    Times New Roman Italic
    Times New Roman Bold Italic
    Wingdings

    Are in all of WINDOWS, don't know about MAC's.
     
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    papyrus is not standard on any computer I have ever seen. I would stick to the basic 3 times new roman, arial and verdana.
     
    SharkSpace, Sep 8, 2005 IP