Re: (OT) fonts (was Station Platform Name Boards [NSW])

[Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

Rob Kearey wrote:
> 
> Ben wrote:
> 
> > > http://babel.alis.com:8080/web_ml/html/fontface.en.html
> 
> > What has that page got to do with having favourite fonts? It is all
> > about representing other languages with different alpahabets and
> > symbols. Using a font like Verdana does no harm. The text appears as the
> > same string of letters, it just looks a bit different, which is the
> > point of using varying fonts.
> 
> Read it again, Ben!
> 
> Consider the possibilites of not having the target font on the client
> machine.

It would just appear in the client machines default font. Where's the
harm in that?