In the above example, "Courier" and "Monaco" are real family names of actual fonts, whereas "monospace" is just a generic reference to any font installed on the user's system that's monospaced.
If the first two are not found installed, the browser will select the best option, but only from monospace fonts. Without the generic family, the font would default to whatever is the default font on the user's system (likely a serif or sans-serif), which would be undesirable.
Generic family names include serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy, and monospace.
If a family name matches a generic family name, the family name should be quoted to indicate that it is not generic.In the above example, "Courier" and "Monaco" are real family names of actual fonts, whereas "monospace" is just a generic reference to any font installed on the user's system that's monospaced.
If the first two are not found installed, the browser will select the best option, but only from monospace fonts. Without the generic family, the font would default to whatever is the default font on the user's system (likely a serif or sans-serif), which would be undesirable.
Generic family names include serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy, and monospace.
If a family name matches a generic family name, the family name should be quoted to indicate that it is not generic.In the above example, "Courier" and "Monaco" are real family names of actual fonts, whereas "monospace" is just a generic reference to any font installed on the user's system that's monospaced.
If the first two are not found installed, the browser will select the best option, but only from monospace fonts. Without the generic family, the font would default to whatever is the default font on the user's system (likely a serif or sans-serif), which would be undesirable.
Generic family names include
serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy, and monospace.
If a family name matches a generic family name, the family name should be quoted to indicate that it is not generic.In the above example, "Courier" and "Monaco" are real family names of actual fonts, whereas "monospace" is just a generic reference to any font installed on the user's system that's monospaced.
If the first two are not found installed, the browser will select the best option, but only from monospace fonts. Without the generic family, the font would default to whatever is the default font on the user's system (likely a serif or sans-serif), which would be undesirable.
Generic family names include
serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy, and monospace.
If a family name matches a generic family name, the family name should be quoted to indicate that it is not generic.