Font-family

From: Tom Thekathyil <tomt@vision.net.au> Date: 06 Aug 2003 17:13:46 -0400 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20030804081706.009e80f0@mail.vision.net.au> To: www-validator-css@w3.org · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0+W3C-0.50 : Wednesday, 27 June 2012 00:14:14 GMT

Hi,
Thanks for providing the css validation site.
I keep getting suggestions to use 'font' instead of 'font-family' in my 
css.  However I note that most of the online tutorials I have checked as 
well as a couple of books I have seen almost always use 'font-family'.  I 
have also noticed that when I convert to 'font' the first type specified in 
list is not what displays on the browser but the browser's default font 
(tested on IE6.0 and Opera6.01).
Could you provide a link to the definite word on the subject?
Regards, Tom Thekathyil

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Ph: (+61) 3 6373 6191  email: <tomt@vision.net.au> 