[WEB4LIB] Fonts & CSS

[Andrew Mutch]

Jeremy,

Fonts are actually the one element of CSS that most older browser do an OK job with. My recommendation would be to do away with the <font> tags and just rely on CSS to properly display the
fonts. Remember, even using CSS or font tags, there's no guarantee that your end users are going to see those fonts as they can change their browsers to override your font selections. In some
cases, their systems don't include the font that you have selected. So, if the only reason to include the font tags is to ensure a fairly consistent display from browser to browser, I wouldn't
worry about it as it is never going to happen anyways. What you give up in consistency is more than made up for in lighter pages and more logical markup.

Good luck!

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI


Jeremy Foster wrote:

> I'm adding CSS to our website but I  am confused about what to do with the old font tags now.
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> I like the idea of getting rid of all the font tags and just using CSS but the Accesability guidelines say that I should use them but also keep the font tags for older browsers.
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> By doing this aren't I making it usless to use the CSS tags.. or is this simple one of those things we have to do redundently so that both old and new browsers will view the fonts correctly?
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> *Please Note: I'm not trying to start a flamming war! I would like response on how other web designers have delt with this issue.
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> Thanks,
> Jeremy Foster
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