In article <uxup00pxfty0.3473dqb6yyon.dlg@40tude.net> Tim,
tim@mail.localhost.invalid writes:
>"Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@ph.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
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>wolfgangwildeblood@yahoo.com.au (Wolfgang Wildeblood) posted:
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>Your ignorance is hindering the public.  The page is completely correct,
>and is probably the most concise one I've seen describing the matter.
>There's quite a few much more wordy ones that are less effective at
>explaining and demonstrating the problem.

The  http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html page above is
a good one for providing a caution about a popular but flawed font; it is
interesting and telling that there has been no defense to the slam on it.

To look at for the question that started this thread (a query about where
one would find a list of serif and sans-serif fonts), look at
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/text/webtypography.html for a clear
explanation of the difference;, then at
http://www.angelfire.com/a14/rcollins/style/fonts.html for a good and
up-to-date list of fonts for the web available on Mac and Windows
platforms; then at http://www.webstyleguid.com/type/face.html ,
http://www.webstyleguid.com/type/cross.html , and
http://www.webstyleguide.com/type/size.html for some tips on how to use
such fonts (and maybe at http://www.webstyleguid.com/type/case.html for
more opinion on legibility); at
http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-f...r_Cursive.shtml and
http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-f...r_Fantasy.shtml if you're
interested in the difference between the cursive and fantasy families;
and finally at http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.scgi?tbart=05284 for a
reminder that people have different monitors, and using the wrong size
typeface can be a drag.

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