How to set Helvetica font?

Question

I add css:

body
{
    font-family: Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
    color: #444444;
    font-size: 9pt;
    background-color: #FAFAFA;
}

but in Mozilla I see MS shell dlg font.

Why is this happens and how will repair it? enter image description here

Update:

I set Arial but in Mozilla I see MS shell dlg again. enter image description here

try putting Helvetica in quotes like `font-family: "Helvetica", Sans-Serif;` — rorypicko, Jul 12 '13 at 13:53
Are you sure Helvetica is installed on your system? It's an Apple-font, Arial is the Windows variant. — Pieter, Jul 12 '13 at 13:54
Is your problem solved now? Did you establih that Helvetica is indeed not installed on your system? — Mr Lister, Jul 12 '13 at 20:02
Yes. helvetica is not intall. My problem not solved, because mozzila not use Arial too. — Mediator, Jul 13 '13 at 06:37

score 50 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '13 at 12:48

If you want all browsers to use Arial whenever Helvetica is not available, you can always specify Arial as a second choice font.

body
{
    font-family: 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
    color: #444444;
    font-size: 9pt;
    background-color: #FAFAFA;
}

because font-family can use any number or arguments, and it will use the first one in the list that is available.

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