Most compatible sans serif font?

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Which sans serif font is most likely to be compatible with the most browsers
(i.e., so that font substitution would not be needed if the specified font
was not available)?

Thanks,
Don Culp
 
I've been on the lookout for documents that show which fonts are available
to Linux users.

<%= Clinton Gallagher
 
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Linux to Windows and vice-versa

If you need to exchange documents with Windows users, you should use Windows
fonts. This is the general rule. So you should install the Webcore Fonts
package and take care to use only
Arial,
Times New Roman,
Verdana, etc,
on your docs.

The combination of these fonts with the cross-platform, high quality
OpenOffice.org suite, gives you a truly productive teamwork tool.
==================================

Linux to Linux


The fonts available on modern Linux distributions, to produce good quality
documents are the following:

General Linux Free Fonts

Fonts
Bitstream Charter
Bitstream Vera family
Century Schoolbook
Luxi family
Nimbus family
URW Palladio
URW Bookman
URW Chancery
URW Gothic
Utopia

Using these fonts you'll be able to exchange and print documents between
different modern Linux distributions.

There are other fonts available on your Linux system, but I did not listed
them here because they are low-quality (obsolete) bitmap fonts, to be used
on the screen, and not for documents.
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Also SEE:
http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-UnixResults.shtml

Common fonts on Unix family systems to March 2006

Font name Installed (%)
Courier 90.61%
URW Grotesk T 86.15%
Utopia 78.34%
Helvetica 76.90%
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T
| I've been on the lookout for documents that show which fonts are available
| to Linux users.
|
| <%= Clinton Gallagher
|
|
| | > http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
| >
| >
| > --
| > Murray
| > --------------
| > MVP FrontPage
| >
| >
| > | >> Which sans serif font is most likely to be compatible with the most
| >> browsers
| >> (i.e., so that font substitution would not be needed if the specified
| >> font
| >> was not available)?
| >>
| >> Thanks,
| >> Don Culp
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
 
Compatibility with browsers isn't the issue - the issue is whether the user
has the font on their system. Fonts are handled by the Operating System,
not the browser.

So san-serif fonts most likely to be on most peoples computers: Arial, MS
Trebuchet, Verdana etc.
 
Thank you...

Tom
| Well said thank you. Here [1,2] are a couple of insightful resources I've
| found this afternoon..
|
| <%= Clinton Gallagher
|
| [1] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Font-HOWTO/
| [2] http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_fonts.htm
|
|
| | > ==================================
| > Linux to Windows and vice-versa
| >
| > If you need to exchange documents with Windows users, you should use
| > Windows
| > fonts. This is the general rule. So you should install the Webcore Fonts
| > package and take care to use only
| > Arial,
| > Times New Roman,
| > Verdana, etc,
| > on your docs.
| >
| > The combination of these fonts with the cross-platform, high quality
| > OpenOffice.org suite, gives you a truly productive teamwork tool.
| > ==================================
| >
| > Linux to Linux
| >
| >
| > The fonts available on modern Linux distributions, to produce good
quality
| > documents are the following:
| >
| > General Linux Free Fonts
| >
| > Fonts
| > Bitstream Charter
| > Bitstream Vera family
| > Century Schoolbook
| > Luxi family
| > Nimbus family
| > URW Palladio
| > URW Bookman
| > URW Chancery
| > URW Gothic
| > Utopia
| >
| > Using these fonts you'll be able to exchange and print documents between
| > different modern Linux distributions.
| >
| > There are other fonts available on your Linux system, but I did not
listed
| > them here because they are low-quality (obsolete) bitmap fonts, to be
used
| > on the screen, and not for documents.
| > ====================================
| > Also SEE:
| > http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-UnixResults.shtml
| >
| > Common fonts on Unix family systems to March 2006
| >
| > Font name Installed (%)
| > Courier 90.61%
| > URW Grotesk T 86.15%
| > Utopia 78.34%
| > Helvetica 76.90%
| > =====================================
| >
| > T
message
| > | > | I've been on the lookout for documents that show which fonts are
| > available
| > | to Linux users.
| > |
| > | <%= Clinton Gallagher
| > |
| > |
| > | | > | > http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Murray
| > | > --------------
| > | > MVP FrontPage
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | >> Which sans serif font is most likely to be compatible with the most
| > | >> browsers
| > | >> (i.e., so that font substitution would not be needed if the
specified
| > | >> font
| > | >> was not available)?
| > | >>
| > | >> Thanks,
| > | >> Don Culp
| > | >>
| > | >>
| > | >>
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
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