Technical note:    10306
  Created:           05/23/95 by Trip
  Last modified:     07/07/95 by Brian
  Product:           Netscape Navigator
  Operating system:  Unix (generic)

To change the Netscape Navigator´s default font from Times to
Helvetica, add these lines to your ".Xresources" file:

    Netscape*documentFonts.variable*family:             helvetica
    Netscape*documentFonts.variable.italic*slant:       o
    Netscape*documentFonts.variable.boldItalic*slant:   o

The second two lines are necessary because Helvetica calls its slanted
versions "oblique while Times calls its own "italic."  (In general,
sans-serif (no ornaments on the characters) fonts are emphasized by
tilting them and calling them "oblique"; serif (ornaments on the
characters) fonts are emphasized by making a really fancy version of
the font, tilting it, and calling it "italic".  Times is a serif font;
Helvetica is a sans-serif font.  Thus concludes Fontmaking 101.)

See the comments near then end of the "Netscape.ad" file (which was
put into the same directory as the Netscape Navigator when you
installed it) for more information on font resources.