Re: Test Equation

[Andy Dougherty <doughera@LAFAYETTE.EDU>]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Doug Craigen wrote:

> Andy Dougherty wrote:
> > > When writing <font face="arial"> it is safer to write
> > > <font face="arial,helvetica,verdana"> instead.
> >
> > No, it's actually not safer.  It's potentially worse.

> I guess that "safe" is in the eyes of the beholder.
[...]
> On the other hand, if the intention is simply to display a sans serif
> font then helvetica is probably a better second choice than whatever the
> default is (usually Times) on any given computer.

I disagree.  Helvetica is a *bad* choice if the end result is unreadable.
I'd rather have readable Times than unreadable Helvetica.  And the
Helvetica often is, even though the original sender may have no idea that
his/her HTML editor is sticking in size commands that will render the
result unreadable on some platforms.

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    Andy Dougherty              doughera@lafayette.edu
    Dept. of Physics
    Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042