It means that if trebuchet is not installed on the computer, it will go to
the next font, and so on.
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Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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| What does this mean '> body {font-family:trebuchet,
| arial,Helvetica,san-serif;}'? You mention that Trebuchet will only display
on
| computers that have it installed, and then appear to include it in the
| 'better' font families.
|
| "Ronx" wrote:
|
| > Trebuchet will only display on those computers that have it installed.
| > It is better to use a font-family, such as:
| >
| > body {font-family:trebuchet, arial,Helvetica,san-serif;}
| >
| > which gives alternatives for those computer that do not have trebuchet
| > installed.
| > Also bear in mind that whatever you specify for the font-face and
| > font-size, your users can easily change it to suit their own visual
| > requirements. You should check the page in different browsers (at least
| > IE and FireFox) and change the text-size in all the browser
| > (View->text-size) to see the effect on layout.
| >
| > No need to alter the default settings. If you see Times New Roman on
| > the page then you know you have some formatting or font assignment to
| > do. The default fonts only affect any text that has NOT been formatted
| > in the page.
| >
| > I use Algerian as the default font - it really shows up any unformatted
| > text.
| > --
| > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| > FrontPage Support:
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| >
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
| >
| >
| >
| > | >
| > > I have put together a web site using Trebuchet MS Font. Can anyone
tell me
| > > what the font settings should be in the default proportional settings
and
| > > default fixed width setting. If I move away from Times New Roman the
shape of
| > > the page changes when previewed and this makes me nervous for non MS
| > > Browsers. Is this just the way it is or is there a setting I have
missed.
| > >
| > > rwl
| >
| >
