>Gah... Do NOT specify "Arial" or "Helvetica" in your font-family... just use "sans-serif" by itself... In windows this will be an Arial font, and in OSX "Helve

>Gah... Do NOT specify "Arial" or "Helvetica" in your font-family... just use "sans-serif" by itself... In windows this will be an Arial font, and in OSX "Helvetica" and on other platforms the closest default alternative You aren't wrong - but this isn't exactly true. It will be the browser default font which the user can change themselves [0]. Which is even better! For the small group that don't force their font choices by default yet change their default font settings, it is better to use serif/sans-serif instead of specifying a font family to respect the user's choices. I force my font choices to be used everywhere, so any CSS that specifies a font-family is just mild bloat on the CSS file in the end. I understand people like to take into consideration the font choices for their design, but it really should be in the user's hands without having to jump through hoops. [0] http://i.imgur.com/HSocAdt.png http://i.imgur.com/HSocAdt.png