On 10/17/05, Tony Balazs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have based my css on some sheets I found online and have done my
> best to incorporate advice gratefully received from this site.
>
> In the body { I have verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
>
> Thing is, I don't understand why the choice is there. Is the user's
> browser meant to choose between them according to its settings? Are
> they in order of preference?
When there's a list of fonts, the browser uses the "cascade" (i.e.,
the fonts that are specified later act as fallbacks in the absence of
a one specified earlier).
For example, in this instance, if the user's system doesn't have
verdana installed, but has arial, the browser will use arial. If none
of verdana, arial or helvetica is there, the default sans-serif font
of the system will be used.
cheers,
Prabhath
http://nidahas.com
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