Adding to what Tim said, It's possible that you're experiencing problems with Helvetica just because of a typo (you had written Helvitica). Also, it does not come with Windows Vista or Microsoft Office.
Hope this helps! On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Tim Snadden <li...@snadden.com> wrote: > > On 22/06/2009, at 3:58 PM, Marvin Hunkin wrote: > > hi. >> just looked at my fonts. >> need the following fonts: >> >> arial, helvitica, sans-serif and verdana. >> do not have these fonts for windows vista. >> think that was the problem, why not saying the name. >> can you help? >> > > Hi Marvin - I'm going to assume that you are running Windows. If this is > the case then it is *highly* unlikely that you don't have at least arial > from that list. The other thing to bear in mind is that 'sans-serif' is not > a font but is a style or family of fonts that share a particular look (they > don't have 'serifs' which are little flicks at the end of letter forms). > > I haven't seen your actual code but if your HTML is correctly pointing to a > CSS file and your CSS is using a valid font declaration then it should work. > If it doesn't then there may be something up with your operating system > thinking that fonts are in a different place to where they really are or > maybe something up with your Jaws setup. > > When you specify fonts with CSS the usual pattern is to list your fonts in > the order that you prefer. Each one is a fallback position if the prior one > doesn't exist on the system. Normally the last one in the list is > 'sans-serif' (or 'serif' etc.). This is essentially saying that if you don't > have *any* of the listed fonts on the system then use whatever is the > default 'sans-serif' font. > > I hope that helps. Tim > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > -- Josh Street http://josh.st/ +61 (0) 425 808 469 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
