Re: How do I get MS Sans Serif on my whole webpage?

Stewart Gordon wrote: 
Jose wrote:

I am trying to get on every computer
with MS Sans Serif because it is slightly
different from Arial


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but could be anything). I don't have a font called "MS Sans Serif" on my (windows 98) computer.


I hadn't realised they'd stopped providing it by that time. I'll have to check when I get home.

In the case where it =is= a specific font, you can request that the browser use it, but the font must be available on the computer for that to work, otherwise the browser will use the "next best thing". Remember, users may not want =your= font, they may well want =their=

It's there, just that WinApps are 'TrueType' biased and many times don't show the screen (bitmap) fonts. On any Windows machine click 'Start|Run..." enter 'charmap' and view all your installed fonts including screen fonts like 'terminal' and 'fixsys'

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That said - Arial is a dumass font for the net since it confuses several letters and numbers, leading to easy impersonation.


If you mean that the difference between I and l isn't obvious, then yes. But that's true of many sans-serif fonts. And even some serif fonts make l and 1 look almost identica1.

No that is not true. The confusion is between the uppercase 'i' and lowercase 'l' with Arial (common to many sans-serif fonts). The number '1' is distinguishable for the letter characters by a upper simplified serif, (little tang going off the left) where the letter characters have no such serif. Actually the legibility problem is with serif fonts like Times and Times New Roman that have a problem between lowercase 'l' and the numeral '1'!


OTOH, there's a school of thought that thinks that sans-serif fonts are actually best for online documents. Allegedly easier on the eyes, or something like that.

They are easier to read because they are 'blacker' (heavier weight) in general and the simplified lines are easier to read when smaller or in lower contrast situations. Script and decorative fonts are probably the least legible and should only be used sparingly


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