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Re: Possibly OT. IE6 and background colors..

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From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:04
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David Mark wrote:
> On Oct 26, 6:56 am, Espen Koht <eh...@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> In article <1193392329.536778.128...@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>>  David Mark <dmark.cins...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Verdana is not appropriate for a Web page.  12px Verdana is even less
>>> appropriate.  Verdana is a relatively large font, which may or may not
>>> be legible at 12px.
>> 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.
> 
> 
thats why its not the only font specified.
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From: The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c>
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