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Re: Possibly OT. IE6 and background colors..

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From: Jules
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:49
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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
a browser will have available at least on serif font, one sans-serif, and
one fixed-width. Beyond that, it's all guesswork...
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From: Jules <julesrichardsonuk@remove.this.yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Possibly OT. IE6 and background colors..
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:49:24 +0100
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