HTML supports a wide variety of fonts.
- Click to see common font types on the web.
- Click to read the common font TrueType list installed in PC windows 98, 2000, XP
- Standard Fonts installed by Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP
- Standard Fonts installed by Windows XP and MAC 10.5
- Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition font list
- Web safe fonts sample list
- Web browsers and font types
Mozilla and even Opera would virtually emininate surprises.
Always be aware that what can be envisioned won't always work.
With the small font sizes used in routine text for web pages, various font types may seem to be the same size. When using large font sizes, size differences become very obvious.
Allow for that when laying out large text sizes for topic or page headings.
Furthermore, note that a wide range of font sizes requires using CSS, Cascading Style Sheets.
A main point here is to make web pages within the capabilities of one's target audience.
Web browsers don't intrinsically handle a broad range of fonts.
Desktop Windows-based machines will also use fonts stored by such word processors as WordPerfect & Word. The Windows XP web browser, handles more fonts by itself than the browser in earlier versions of Windows. Thus, font choices that look good on one computer can lose their impact when seen someplace else.
Creating a *.pdf file is one solution. If one is using non-everyday fonts sparingly, one can create *.jpg or *.gif files using the desired fonts with a drawing program. An issue here is that they'll need to be redone if the background changes.
This web site uses Verdana for explanatory comments unless stated otherwise.
Helvetica and Arial are quite similar. Both MSIE an Netscape show them the same way, a minor error. Another font Georgia is used some places. Bolding is used above.
Every font you see down here is graphic design, so it can be view all same every browser.
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These sample writings can be shown only using as image. That's why Banners and Logos commonly is created as image so can be view as it is in every user computers.
Macromedia Flash or Flash is a graphics animation program , written and marketed by Macromedia , that uses vector graphics .
The resulting files, sometimes called "flash files", may appear in a web page to view in a web browser , or standalone players Flash players may "play" them.

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