Re: Possibly OT. IE6 and background colors..

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From: David Mark
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:10

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On Oct 26, 11:49 am, Jules <julesrichardso...@remove.this.yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:08:04 -0700, David Mark wrote:
> >> Care to make this argument more coherent? Verdana is designed for
> >> legibility on computer screens and by all accounts achieves this, even
> >> at small sizes.
>
> > It is not available on all platforms.  Ask about this in a CSS group
> > as this is off-topic here.
>
> Isn't that true of *any* font? I thought the only real guarantee was that

It is more true of Verdana.  And *any* font will not have the same
issues as Verdana.  Google for "Verdana font Web."

> a browser will have available at least on serif font, one sans-serif, and
> one fixed-width. Beyond that, it's all guesswork...

Guesswork has nothing to do with it.

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