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copied!<p>If you don't mind using JavaScript and jQuery, you can detect the OS using the <a href="http://stoimen.com/jquery.client.plugin/" rel="nofollow">jQuery client plugin</a> and then set the fonts. It seems to be old stuff but it works with jQuery 1.3.2 and I would not be surprised if it works with jQuery 1.6.1.</p> <pre><code><script src="./jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script src="./jquery.client.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> if($.client.os == 'Mac') $('body').css('font-family',"'Looks good in Mac'") else if($.client.os == 'Windows') $('body').css('font-family',"'Looks good in Windows'") else if($.client.os == 'Linux') $('body').css('font-family',"'Looks good in Linux'") </script> </code></pre> <p>You can replace <code>body</code> with any CSS selector, even if it is not supported by the browser, it is likely supported by jQuery.</p> <p><a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery#Current_Release" rel="nofollow">jQuery is available from jquery.com</a></p> <p>Full <code>jquery.client.js</code></p> <pre><code>(function() { var BrowserDetect = { init: function () { this.browser = this.searchString(this.dataBrowser) || "An unknown browser"; this.version = this.searchVersion(navigator.userAgent) || this.searchVersion(navigator.appVersion) || "an unknown version"; this.OS = this.searchString(this.dataOS) || "an unknown OS"; }, searchString: function (data) { for (var i=0;i<data.length;i++) { var dataString = data[i].string; var dataProp = data[i].prop; this.versionSearchString = data[i].versionSearch || data[i].identity; if (dataString) { if (dataString.indexOf(data[i].subString) != -1) return data[i].identity; } else if (dataProp) return data[i].identity; } }, searchVersion: function (dataString) { var index = dataString.indexOf(this.versionSearchString); if (index == -1) return; return parseFloat(dataString.substring(index+this.versionSearchString.length+1)); }, dataBrowser: [ { string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Chrome", identity: "Chrome" }, { string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "OmniWeb", versionSearch: "OmniWeb/", identity: "OmniWeb" }, { string: navigator.vendor, subString: "Apple", identity: "Safari", versionSearch: "Version" }, { prop: window.opera, identity: "Opera" }, { string: navigator.vendor, subString: "iCab", identity: "iCab" }, { string: navigator.vendor, subString: "KDE", identity: "Konqueror" }, { string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Firefox", identity: "Firefox" }, { string: navigator.vendor, subString: "Camino", identity: "Camino" }, { // for newer Netscapes (6+) string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Netscape", identity: "Netscape" }, { string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "MSIE", identity: "Explorer", versionSearch: "MSIE" }, { string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Gecko", identity: "Mozilla", versionSearch: "rv" }, { // for older Netscapes (4-) string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Mozilla", identity: "Netscape", versionSearch: "Mozilla" } ], dataOS : [ { string: navigator.platform, subString: "Win", identity: "Windows" }, { string: navigator.platform, subString: "Mac", identity: "Mac" }, { string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "iPhone", identity: "iPhone/iPod" }, { string: navigator.platform, subString: "Linux", identity: "Linux" } ] }; BrowserDetect.init(); window.$.client = { os : BrowserDetect.OS, browser : BrowserDetect.browser }; })(); </code></pre>

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