On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:14 AM, Rob Schumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Christian, > > Christian Montoya wrote on 20-10-2008: > > > http://unitinteractive.com/blog/2008/06/26/better-css-font-stacks/ > > Back in September 2006 I wrote a piece that reached some similar > conclusions to that above > <http://www.webspaceworks.com/resources/fonts-web-typography/60/> > > At the time the use of font-size-adjust was an impractical solution due > to it's very poor support among browsers... not even consistently across > all platforms for firefox. I don't think much has changed in that > regard, but would have to check to be sure. > > The best solution therefore was to use available resources regarding > font availability and to plan typography around that, looking for fonts > of similar aspect ratio with which to build your family (or stack, call > it what you will). > > I've also setup tables of aspect ratios and x-widths for some common > fonts, since aspect ratios don't give necessarily the complete picture > (verdana and tahoma share the same aspect ratio, but differ > significantly in x-width). > > <http://www.webspaceworks.com/resources/fonts-web-typography/43/>
Thanks Rob, I think that just about answers all my questions. Would it be possible for you to update your tables with the Vista fonts? -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.net ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
