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CSS GENERIC FONT FAMILIES


The most safe option is to use the generic font families as defined by the CSS . These are: sans-serif, '''serif''', '''monospace''', '''cursive''' and '''fantasy'''. One of them should always be specified as a last resort for every ''font-family'' CSS property.


MICROSOFT'S CORE FONTS FOR THE WEB


, Courier New , Times New Roman , Verdana , Trebuchet MS (more recently) and Lucida Sans (to some extent).


WEB-SAFE UNICODE FONTS


Only two fonts available by default on the Windows platform, Arial and Lucida Sans , provide a wide Unicode character repertoire. A Bug In Verdana (and the different handling of it by various User Agent s) hinders its usability where Combining Character s are desired.


DINGBATS


No Dingbats font, including Webdings , can be considered web-safe.