[Design] Fonts for the Web UI

[Matthew Eernisse]

Bobby Rullo wrote:
> Not everyone has MS Office d00d.

That's a really good point. (I've never actually met anyone running OS X 
who doesn't have Office, but you're right -- I'm sure they're out there.)

That's the reason for CSS fallback fonts. For example, Verdana is much 
more readable than Arial because it's specifically designed for screen 
display. You put it first in the font declaration so that people who 
have it installed (everyone on Windows, and a high proportion of Mac 
users) can take advantage of the improved readability.

But what I was actually proposing was sticking the Mac-only 'Lucida 
Grande' absolutely first, so the Mac folks get the font they want. And 
since the Windows people are pretty much guaranteed not to have it, we 
don't have to worry about the goofy ClearType issues.


Matthew