Most compatible sans serif font?

[Murray]

http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

 

[Don Culp]

Which sans serif font is most likely to be compatible with the most browsers
(i.e., so that font substitution would not be needed if the specified font
was not available)?

Thanks,
Don Culp

 

[clintonG]

I've been on the lookout for documents that show which fonts are available
to Linux users.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

 

[Andrew Murray]

Compatibility with browsers isn't the issue - the issue is whether the user
has the font on their system. Fonts are handled by the Operating System,
not the browser.

So san-serif fonts most likely to be on most peoples computers: Arial, MS
Trebuchet, Verdana etc.

 

[clintonG]

Well said thank you. Here [1,2] are a couple of insightful resources I've
found this afternoon..

<%= Clinton Gallagher

[1] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Font-HOWTO/
[2] http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_fonts.htm