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iPhone fonts, sizing in pixels

iPhone installed typefaces:

I was doing some research for a site we are restyling for iPhone, and after an hour or so at the local Cingular/ATT, I have a list of typefaces that rendered through CSS styles on Safari:

Arial
Arial Rounded MT Bold
Courier*
Courier New*
Georgia
Helvetica* (default sans-serif)
Helvetica Neue*
Marker Felt
Times New Roman (default serif, also overall default)
Trebuchet MS
Verdana
Zapfino

*Starred pairs may map to the same typeface files.  e.g. - I didn't see a noticeable difference between text styled as ["Courier New", sans-serif;] and [Courier, sans-serif].  Maybe someone who actually owns a phone could research this more in depth...

Note that the iPhone screen resolution is 160 pixels/inch; so if you are locking the zoom feature down and turning off Safari's automatic font-scaling (http://developer.apple.com/iphone/designingcontent.html for details, in case you've been hiding under a rock), you will need to scale up any pixel sizing to get the same physical typeface sizes.  I calculated about a 1.4 conversion factor going from my MacBook Pro 15" to the iPhone, as the notebook screen's resolution is about 113 ppi.  Your mileage may vary.

Note also that the above typeface list is NOT comprehensive; I came prepared to test for typefaces, but ended up playing around with the phone for 45 minutes =).  Slick piece of hardware/software!

Best regards,
Pat Flor

p.s. I am new to the lists, so I beg your pardon if this message is misplaced.  Hope this info comes in handy.

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