The 5 font families
Since not all fonts are available on all computers (there
are thousands of fonts, and most are not free), CSS provides a system of fallbacks.
You list the font that you want first, then any fonts that might fill in for
the first if it is unavailable, and you should end the list with a generic
font, of which there are five: serif, sans-serif, monospace, cursive
and fantasy.
It is best to specify type faces in groups since different computers use different
type fonts:
font-family:
font family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif
'sans-serif': normal fonts without serifs
font-family:
Georgia, "Times New Roman",Times, serif
(Times New Roman is the default for
most browsers)
'serif': normal fonts with serifs
font-family: "Courier
New", Courier , monospace
'monospace': fixed-width fonts
font-family:
Zapfino, Zapf Chancery, cursive
'cursive': fonts that emulate handwriting
font-family: Papyrus, Impact , fantasy
'fantasy': decorative fonts, for titles, etc.