Typeface Choices
Any typeface can be specified for a website. Whether or not that face is displayed depends on whether or not it’s installed on the user’s system. The list of dependable typefaces has grown a bit though. It used to be limited to Times, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, and Courier. But these days you can safely add George, Impact, Trebuchet and Comic Sans (though you wouldn't choose Comic Sans now would you?). I would personally add Tahoma and Lucida into that list as well. Clearly this is still a very short list compared to all the typefaces available in print. However, there's nothing stopping you from spec'ing Truesdell, Centaur, or any other typeface of superlative beauty and simply allowing the browser to substitute one of the more certain faces if the perfect typeface is not installed.

If you're feeling adventurous and you're not afraid of mixing Flash and JavaScript with your HTML, there is a way of displaying your favorite font in a browser without using a graphic or the viewer having the font installed on their system. It's called sIFR (or Scalable Inman Flash Replacement). It's most effective for headlines or short lengths of copy but it's a great solution for typofiles that just HAVE to have Snell Roundhand for their headlines.   next >