Re: Standard Fonts-Netscape

[Larry Hoffenberg <LarryHoff -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET>]

Some additional fonts are installed with MS IE. See

 http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.htm

for details

Larry

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>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
>   [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU]On Behalf Of Matt Ion
>   Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 3:13 PM
>   To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>   Subject: Re: Standard Fonts-Netscape
>
>
>   On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:37:42 -0500, Sharon Key wrote:
>
>   >>       I'd also like help in locating the standard fonts supplied with
>   >> Netscape Navigator.
>
>   AFAIK, no fonts are supplied WITH web browsers (at least none that I've
>   ever seen).  HTML itself should allow for certain standard
>   fonts, such as
>   Helvetica, Courier and Times New Roman.  The problem with using custom
>   fonts in a web page is that you then have to find some way to get the
>   fonts installed on users' systems that don't already have
>   them... and you
>   have to assume that one person's Helv looks the same as your own (for
>   example, you may design your stuff around the Windows-bundled Helv
>   TrueType font, while the Helv installed on my OS/2 system is
>   Adobe Type 1
>   and not necessarily identical).
>
>
>    Your friend and mine,
>    Matt
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