I’m just finishing a project, and as part of it, I’m up to my digital elbows in style sheets. And it occurred to me – what ARE safe fonts on the Internet?

For example, we’re taught that a font-family property should have a list of fonts, in case the first choice isn’t available on the visitor’s computer/browser:

font-family: georgia,”times new roman”,serif;

So in this case, Georgia comes first, then Times; and if both are missing, the all-encompassing serif.

There’s two problems with this, however:

What if no one has the …

I had a question last week on my ABTheme, and how to position something within it.

The problem is not unique to ABTheme – in fact, any web page that was designed by one person will likely have a layout or positioning not to the liking of someone else.

The technique to position code, text, images, etc. on a web page (or WordPress blog) is quite simple. And although this site is first and foremost blog related, this technique works not just for blogs, but any site:

First, simply wrap …

Statistically, you are viewing this page with Internet Explorer – roughly 5 times as likely as using Mozilla or Firefox, the #2 choice.

However, there are other alternatives out there, and using them is of benefit.

For instance, if you try Safari, then you’re using the browser favored by Mac users, and you’re seeing the world though ‘their’ eyes.

A recent one I’ve been trying out is Opera, and I’ve been favorably impressed.

Not because of the features (although they are nice, especially popup tabs that appear right beside the …