At 04:52 PM 30/07/02 -0400, java mad bernini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If the actual wording is "FONT FACE=arial and helvetica", that's not valid HTML and any of a bunch of weird things could happen. if it's "FONT FACE=arial, helvetica" that's >just setting helvetica as a "backup" font to be displayed if your system doesn't have arial... which is still a backwards way to do things, because pretty much every system >made since the early nineties has arial, while helvetica was only consistently included later,
Actually, that's half the story. Helvetica has been around for decades, the PostScript version was one of the original LaserWriter fonts. It was on Macs (first as a bitmap screen font, alter ATM) from the early 80s. Later when Apple and MS didn't want to pay Adobe for ATM to rasterise fonts they made Royal/Truetype and cloned the original Adobe PS fonts; and so Arial was born and bundled with Mac OS and Windows, creating a nightmare for DTP that has never ended. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
