On 2011/08/23 16:52 (GMT-0700) John composed:
reporting back. that didn't work. nor did making font-weight "bold" work. Nor did removing the font-weight part altogether.
I guess next step is examining my fonts, but...if Helvetica bold were hosed, wouldn't a browser go to the next face spec'd in the declaration, and the next and the next, on down to sans-serif?
Few traditional web fonts have more than two available weights[1], and that can be a serious issue if you care about what happens with fallbacks on systems lacking your first choice.
Have you considered trying 'Helvetica Neue' in place of Helvetica? Most think it the far more attractive of the two. And (IMO, and that of many) Verdana is about the ugliest sans font there is at legibly large sizes (e.g. browser default).
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