How to use the Lucida font properly!

Feb 25, 2008 | Category: General
Tags: fonts, rant

I’m seeing more and more websites that are not specifying the Lucida font correctly in web pages. I’m guessing the culprits are Mac users for one simple but obvious flaw. They specify Lucida Grande and/or Lucida Sans in their CSS and whilst this may be correct for Macs, the majority of internet users are on Windows and you need to call the correct font of Lucida Sans Unicode.

The whole Lucida thing can get quite deep if you really want to get typographically pedantic, so I suggest reading this article for more info:
Lucida Hybrid: The ‘Grande’ Alternative
For a comprehensive guide to pre-installed fonts on Windows, Macs and Linux check this article:
Complete Guide to Pre-Installed Fonts in Linux, Mac, and Windows

Examples that demonstrate my point:

blog.popstalin.com

allconsuming.net

sean-johnson.com (no relation!)

Update: As a response to this post (the other) Sean Johnson has updated his CSS - see how much better it looks:
sean-johnson.com

If you know of any more please let us know below.

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sj Says:

thanks for the tip - still not buying the coincidence though
Mike Says:

See, this is why you should always follow the links I send you
Sean Johnson Says:

Hey don’t tell me.. tell them

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