On 1/03/2011 5:19 p.m., Ron Lankshear wrote: > Thanks Barry > Looks sound > > And it says > > Helvetica is the granddaddy here, but Arial is more common on modern > OS's. > > I am trying to understand why the CSSTool says Helvetica must be a > spelling error > I've pasted the word in but that error still appears???? > > Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) > try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ ---------------------------------------- Ron, Do you know if the font is in your computer? The easy way to test for it is to create a short page, e.g. <html> <meta charset="utf-8"> <p style="font-family:helvetica, 'comic sans ms'; font-size:1em;"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</p> Copy & paste into text editor and open in browser. If helvetica is there, you will know - it doesn't look anything like 'comic sans ms'. Arial is a good substitute. Possibly CSSTool has not been taught about it, as these days it is more a printers font and not generally available as freeware. Barry
On 2011-03-01 3:37 PM, Barry Carlson wrote: > The easy way to test for it is to create a short > page, e.g. > > <html> > <meta charset="utf-8"> > <p style="font-family:helvetica, 'comic sans > ms'; font-size:1em;"> > The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</p> > > Copy & paste into text editor and open in > browser. If helvetica is there, you will know - > it doesn't look anything like 'comic sans ms'. > Arial is a good substitute. > > Possibly CSSTool has not been taught about it, > as these days it is more a printers font and not > generally available as freeware. > > Barry Yes I seem to have - well a different result to comic sans ms by itself I take your comment about printers font as a good reason Anyhow of what I had I think it was Tahoma that I liked the look of - or of which I liked the look my final font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, Arial, sans-serif,Serif; Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/