Comments on: ❡ Roundup: CSS font stacks http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/04/23/css-font-stacks/ For the betterment of typographic style and practice. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: scraps para orkut http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/04/23/css-font-stacks/#comment-2288 scraps para orkut Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:30:14 +0000 http://nicewebtype.com/notes/?p=56#comment-2288 CSS Font stacks are one of those things that elude a lot of designers. Many stick to the basic stacks Dreamweaver auto-recommends or go even more basic by just specifying a single web-safe font. But doing either of those things means you’re missing out on some great typography options. Font stacks can make it possible to show at least some of your visitors your site’s typography exactly the way you intend without showing everyone else a default font. Read on for more information on using and creating effective font stacks with CSS. CSS Font stacks are one of those things that elude a lot of designers. Many stick to the basic stacks Dreamweaver auto-recommends or go even more basic by just specifying a single web-safe font.

But doing either of those things means you’re missing out on some great typography options. Font stacks can make it possible to show at least some of your visitors your site’s typography exactly the way you intend without showing everyone else a default font. Read on for more information on using and creating effective font stacks with CSS.

]]> By: Ricardo http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/04/23/css-font-stacks/#comment-1866 Ricardo Sun, 30 May 2010 18:06:06 +0000 http://nicewebtype.com/notes/?p=56#comment-1866 Great reading! Thank you so much :) Great reading! Thank you so much :)

]]> By: Simon Pascal Klein http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/04/23/css-font-stacks/#comment-1105 Simon Pascal Klein Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:52:14 +0000 http://nicewebtype.com/notes/?p=56#comment-1105 Good summary (bah! courier in the comment body text entry field?). (: Good summary (bah! courier in the comment body text entry field?). (:

]]> By: Greyholme http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/04/23/css-font-stacks/#comment-67 Greyholme Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:49:02 +0000 http://nicewebtype.com/notes/?p=56#comment-67 Great information about stylizing fonts. Another good resource I found was a page showing examples of the <a href="http://www.eligr.com/css-font-style/" rel="nofollow">different font families</a> Made my life easier Great information about stylizing fonts. Another good resource I found was a page showing examples of the different font families

Made my life easier

]]> By: Jason Robb http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/04/23/css-font-stacks/#comment-17 Jason Robb Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:58:06 +0000 http://nicewebtype.com/notes/?p=56#comment-17 Oh my, great roundup! Rutter's font matrix has help me branch out of my typical font stack. Thanks for sharing, great list, bookmarked. Oh my, great roundup! Rutter’s font matrix has help me branch out of my typical font stack. Thanks for sharing, great list, bookmarked.

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