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Re:Fluin: Like a cross between IM and a Forum by ollerac on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @01:02AM (#2070106)
http://minimali.st/2010/03/helvetica-and-arial-font-stack/
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Re:Fluin: Like a cross between IM and a Forum by jbrennan on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @01:12AM (#2070128)
I would argue "a large percentage of Windows users" do not have Helvetica installed as a system font (CS fonts are not used for web rendering unless you also install them as system fonts), and I would argue Arial looks bad no matter which platform it is rendered on :).
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Re:Fluin: Like a cross between IM and a Forum by jarin on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @02:27AM (#2070262)
Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif
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Re:Fluin: Like a cross between IM and a Forum by jbrennan on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @02:56PM (#2072219)
Precisely.
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