CSS font differences between browsers

Question

I am trying to display some text exactly the same in all browsers.

I\'m using helvetica, which they all support.

I\'ve found (the hard way) that each browser

Answer 1

all browsers "support" helvetica? which browsers do you speak of? there are a plethora of browsers listed here http://blog.mhurrell.co.uk/post/2946358183/updating-the-helvetica-font-stack that don't or at least cannot utilize helvetica. unless you are serving up a licensed version of helvetica to them. i'm assuming that you aren't.

that link is about building a better font-stack for cross-browser/platform helvetica...although that's a mighty big stack and you may not need it all. you can find others, read more:

http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/better-helvetica/

http://www.awayback.com/revised-font-stack/

http://unitinteractive.com/blog/2008/06/26/better-css-font-stacks/