Re: FN-FORUM Font Problems from CSS

date posted 6th September 2000 12:55

-----Original Message-----
From: Morgan Richards [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
Date: Wednesday, 06 September, 2000 12:04 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM Font Problems from CSS


>If I am using CSS to create my styling for my webpage, what could the user
>do on their system to screw up my font.



Hi Morgan,

Here are a few ideas from my (limited) exprience using CSS:

In most browsers it's possible to override document-specified fonts -
perhaps this is causing the problem here. e.g. Using the radio buttons in
IE4: View -> Internet Options -> Accessibility and in Netscape 4: Edit ->
Preferences -> Fonts

I notice from your style sheet that only the Arial font is specified. It
would be better to provide alternatives in case the client's machine does
not support this font. Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif or Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif are commonly used to specify a sans serif font. e.g.
.main { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt;
font-weight: normal }

Also, there are differences between browsers in the way they render pages
using CSS. I've checked your site using NS4 and IE4 on Win95 and it looks
fine but the client may be using a different browser or a different OS.
Hopefully, this isn't the cause of your problem as it can be difficult to
sort out!

Good luck.

Regards,

Ian.