Why can I use on my Web pages?
This question comes up frequently from newbies. You can use whatever font you like on your Web pages but, as I mentioned above, HTML can only provide the name of the font, it can’t describe the character shapes. If the person viewing your page doesn’t have that font installed on their computer, they can’t possibly see it because there is no outline description to draw the shape of the font. That’s why, in Web design, you have to specify a range of fonts. For instance, if my font spec was ‘Futura, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif’, very few people would see my first choice, Futura as it is not a commonly installed font so the browser jumps to the next one. Geneva is common on Macs, so Mac users will see the text in that font. Arial, is common on Macs and PCs but because I have put Geneva in front of Arial, it takes precedence on Macs. PC owners will see the Arial. San-serif is a ‘catch-all’ for computers that don’t have any of the preceding fonts installed and displays whatever the default san
