default system fonts

[ladykira]

I dont suppose anyone out there has a difinitive default system font list for both mac and pc do they? would be really handy if someone did

Cheers

Kira

 

[tviman]

Even if you had a list like that, it wouldn't stop a user from removing them. Using fonts other than serif and sans serif (unless it's a graphical image) is risky, at best. Just no telling what each users preferences are. Best bet is to specify (arial, helvetica, sans serif) for non-serif fonts. For serif fonts, which I do not recommend for web pages, is to specify (serif) only. The user machine will make the substituion for you. There's always a better way...

 

[xutopia]

that is why you use many fonts when listing the choices you have :

style="font-family:Georgia, Geneva, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial;"

The last one being a standard on Windows, linux and Mac! Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran

 

[starway]

I think this is a very good resource on the subject, taken from the "first hands":

http://developer.apple.com/internet/fonts/index.html

and

http://developer.apple.com/internet/css/css_fonts.html

The last one contain very useful compatibility table for fonts on Win/Mac platforms.