Font Family

Hello,

Is there an advisable order for CSS font-family?

I usually use the following:
- Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif
- Georgia, Utopia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', serif;
- Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif

As far as I know font-families should include fonts of same type. Or
not?

Anyway, could someone advice me on this?

Should I post this question in an Html group instead?

Thanks,
Miguel

On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, shapper wrote:

I usually use the following:
- Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif

Verdana is a typeface consisting of four fonts: plain, italic,
bold, bold italic. Geneva is just a single font.

- Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif

Tahoma has only two fonts: plain and bold.

Depending on your operating system, browser, printer, and
printer driver (!), you might get a slanted version of the
font or the plain (upright) version for <i>text</i>.
Specify only typefaces with four fonts (plain, italic, bold,
bold italic) unless you have no italics or no boldface
on your page.

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