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Best Practice N°170- Level1- Section typography
Description
A generic font family is given as the last substituion element.
Objectives
Makes it possible substitute fonts is the proposed font is not available on the users system.
Possible technical solutions:
Font characters are defined in the CSS file through propertiesfont-family or font :
- For serif fonts (Times Roman for exaple), specify the generic
seriffont family. For example :font-family: Georgia, "Bookman Old Style", serif;. - For sans serif fonts (Arial for instance), specify the generic
sans-seriffont family. For example :font-family: Optima, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;. - For monospacefonts (like Courier), specify the generic
monospacefont family. For example :font-family: Courier, monospace;. - In the same way use the generic font families
cursivefor joined glyphs or fantasy fonts.andfantasy
Control methods:
If the site uses CSS technology validate the style sheet with the W3C style sheet validator which warns of the absence os generic fonts. W3C CSS validator
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