Windows special cases CSS requests for Helvetica. All instances of helvetica in CSS are treated by the OS as if had been written arial instead. Furthermore, Arial is the OS-wide browser default sans-serif font, and what both IE and Safari will use (even on Mac) if any combination of only Helvetica, Arial and/or sans-serif are the only items in a font-family rule stack. Apparently Safari & IE only use the pref setting in the absence of any CSS. In contrast, sans-serif to a Gecko means use the pref anytime sans-serif is requested by a rule stack, in addition to when there is no font-family CSS. Opera is more intelligent, disregarding the Windows Arial for Helvetica replacement, and fully obeying its extensive font preferences if at all possible. http://fm.no-ip.com/auth/Font/fonts-comps-helvwin.html shows the minimal value of putting only Helvetica and/or Arial in a font-family stack that ends with sans-serif if either Arial or Helvetica are what the design wants. -- "The Scriptures tell us righteousness exalteth a Nation." 2nd U.S. President, John Adams
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