Helvetica (Neue) is used for h1
, h2
, h3
, input
, select
, button
, and a few other specific elements. Yet for the main font declaration on body
, Helvetica is nowhere to be found, only its impostor, Arial. Since Helvetica is already being used for parts of the site's typography, I don't see why it shouldn't be for all of it.
The layout is not adversely affected by putting Helvetica in front of Arial, as can be evidenced below in the difference between Arial & Helvetica (addition is purple, subtraction green).
font-family
might need some alignment tweak for the close links in dialogs. (Or the dialogs close links could stick to Arial.) – Arjan Jan 23 '12 at 6:48