Is Tahoma's font safe for the web?

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eKek0 picture eKek0 · Sep 3, 2009 · Viewed 45.5k times · Source

Should I use Tahoma in webdesign? If I couldn't opt for anything different (i.e. because the designer used it in his design), with which fonts could I make an stack of replacement fonts in a CSS stylesheet?

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Sam DeFabbia-Kane picture Sam DeFabbia-Kane · Sep 3, 2009

Tahoma's fine. Good replacements are Geneva and Verdana, with a generic sans-serif for backup. Better CSS Font Stacks is a great resource for suggesting these kinds of things.

If you're working with a designer who wants to use certain fonts, make sure s/he understands that very few fonts are web-safe sooner rather than later. It'll save you from some headache down the road.

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