Until recently, Web pages were displayed using the browser's default fonts. These were typically Times New Roman for proportional text and Arial or Courier for fixed width text (usually created using the ... tags) but that was about all. Most browsers have pushed these boundaries back and now allow the user to specify which proportional and fixed width fonts are to be used by the browser with simple Option settings. Microsoft has made additional fonts available including Impact, Comic Sans, Verdana, Georgia and Trebuchet. You can download these even if you aren't using Internet Explorer from Microsoft's site at: http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/
You can specify a font face in your source using the ... tag. This allows you to specify a range of fonts that the browser can choose from. For example, ... instructs the browser to use Comic Sans MS as the first choice; if this isn't available then Arial and if that isn't available then Times New Roman. If none of the listed fonts are available, then the browser's default font will be used.
Make sure you type your font names exactly as they are shown and be aware that the fonts available on the Macintosh are not always available on the PC and vice versa. For example, the font Arial is not generally available on the Macintosh and you should specify Helvetica as an alternative for Arial as a sans serif font for Macintosh users. - Updated:
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