Style Sheet Times New Roman

External Since: Nov 07, 2007 Posts: 96

On Feb 11, 3:29 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m... RemoveThis @example.invalid> wrote:
> Fred Atkinson wrote:
> > "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
> >> I borrowed the first row of your table, and had a play with it. The
> >> tables bordered in the reddish color use your default sans-serif
> >> font, whatever it is. The second set is using Times New Roman (if
> >> available on the computer). All of the special character are coded
> >> as either Ø or Ø
>
> >> Examine the source code of this page:
>
> >>http://k75s.home.att.net/test/oslash.html
>
> >>> I appreciate your feedback.
>
> >> See how much easier coding is with CSS?
>
> > But the point is, who knows what crazy font the user will have
> > his/her browser set for.
>
> As evidenced by my sample page, it isn't going to matter. Pick common
> fonts in your style sheet.
>
> font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
> font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;
>
> > I'd consider another font. Given time, I'm sure I'll find a nicer
> > one.
>
> Georgia.
>
> Read this while you're contemplating:http://k75s.home.att.net/fontsize.html
>
> ..then consider writing 21st century markup. On your page, you've
> assigned *no* fonts, so naturally a visitor will get to read in whatever
> their default font is. It may be a serif font, it may be sans-serif. But
> if you assign _something_, chances are very good they will see what you
> have selected.
>
> This is why I suggested you take the htmldog.com tutorials.
>
Yeah what he said.
It helps a lot with sorting such trivial issues such as what fonts to
use if you have a good understanding of CSS and know how to use it to
get the best out of it.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesignonline.org

External Since: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 366

Fred Atkinson wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> I see that glyph in several other fonts, including Georgia. It also
>> can be used with sans-serif fonts, monospace fonts...
>>
>> What happens when you eschew using the tags, and place:
>>
>> Fred's special character: Ø or Ø 
>>
>> ..in your HTML?
>
> I'm not sure specifically what you mean (coding wise) when you say
> 'eschew'.

Means the same everywhere.
to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil.

> I tried just putting it in when strings were transmitted that might
> display that character. But there was a lot of extraneous coding.

That there is, in your table.

> And I was concerned that when the browser's font was very different
> than the slashed zero (Ø) that it would look weird being so different
> from the rest of the characters.

See my following example.

> So I put the tag at the beginning of the table and the
> tag just before the table ends. That way, we don't lose the
> character and the character doesn't look different from the rest of
> what is in the table generated.

Again, I do not see any 'loss of character' when using other fonts.

> Take a look at http://www.wb4aej.com/hamdomain . The script
> generates the enormous table that you see there. You'll see what I
> mean.

I borrowed the first row of your table, and had a play with it. The
tables bordered in the reddish color use your default sans-serif font,
whatever it is. The second set is using Times New Roman (if available on
the computer). All of the special character are coded as either Ø
or Ø

Examine the source code of this page:

http://k75s.home.att.net/test/oslash.html

> I appreciate your feedback.

See how much easier coding is with CSS?

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