The word face refers to the names of the fonts. Notice that the font-list is separated by commas and is in double quotes. The list is an ordered list, because the browser starts at the beginning of the list and uses the first font that is on the system. For further study about HTML tags, go to Learning HTML . If you specify the corresponding ones for each platform, the text in your pages will look close to the same on all three systems.
Courier fonts are fixed-width.
Verdana and Geneva were created specifically for display on web pages. They are sans serif and do not have the fine lines or serifs that adorn the ends of the letters in the Times New Roman and Times font s. Arial and Helvetica are also sans serif , but they were created for print media. This site is hosted by Shire.