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Question On Fonts For Website

by LastWarrior
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I just came from a website and I liked the font. By checking the source I found the below:

Code:
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="5" color="#ff0000">
I've never seen it written like that. I see 4 of them.

Why are there multiple fonts with the quotes? What happens in this situation?

I have an idea, but it's just a guess.

Please enlighten me.

LastWarrior
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  • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
    what this does is makes the first font the actual choice, in this case Tahoma.
    Depending on a user's OS they may or may not have the Tahoma font installed, so alternative fonts are given so that the user gets the closest matching font when the web page is viewed on their OS
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  • Profile picture of the author Headfirst
    This is a cascading font selection. It really doesnt apply much anymore, but in "ye olden days" of the 90's you really had to code for multiple platforms.

    In the modern days this isnt as much of a problem as just about every platform out there has the standardized fonts.

    If your still writing pages for people using odd platforms like BeOS, NeXT and Irix then by all means keep specifying fonts like this as your users might not have the font you intended.
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  • Profile picture of the author LastWarrior
    Interestly enough, I just opened a document, went to a site or viewed something and actually saw an error pop up saying something about not having a specific font... think it was Times New Romans.

    Ok, my guess was right, thinking similar to the above answers, so that's good to know.

    Thank you very much for your replies. Each little tidbit I learn is cool.

    LastWarrior
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