We tend to use the Stylish extension internally to provide page or
domain specific css overrides.
Allows us to use a sites default fonts on Windows Vista and override the
fonts of the same web service on Windows XP.
For langauge support there are fundamental differences in the 3.0.x and
5.0.x of the core windows fonts in terms of Unicode ranges supported,
OpenType features available, etc.
Felix Miata wrote:
On 2007/11/28 18:23 (GMT) James Leslie apparently typed:
I've been looking over some inherited sites and noticed a very common
font-family declaration of "arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif". I
Funny you should mention those three:
http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/Font/fonts-comps-verdariahelv
know that arial and verdana are very different in size so thought it
would be good to make sure there are not any problems with one font not
being available, but aside from changing the stylesheet or removing the
font, I don't seem to be able to do this.
I don't think anyone can without changing the stylesheet, but a fairly easy
way to make a temporary change is a toolbox option like Web Developer's "edit
CSS".
Removing and replacing fonts at the system or user level is generally really
clumsy.
Does anyone know if there is a way of disabling a font at the browser
level, maybe a firefox plug-in, to be able to do quick checks on
legibility, sizing issues, layout, etc.
One way is to strip all all font-families from your CSS except for the
generics, serif, sans-serif & monospace. Then you need only change the family
specified as your browser default to see what that particular font works
like. Not specifying families leaves visitors an opportunity to see what they
prefer instead of what you specify, something few web sites do any more.
To make it possibly easier, leave font-families out of your default sheet(s),
and create an alternate stylesheet with nothing but each family you wish to
test with, selectable from every good browser's menu system. They very well
can all be left that way when the site goes public.
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