August 30, 2001: What I want to know is why I can't specify type in CSS to degrade to different sizes, like so:

.sansesque { font: 12px Verdana, 14px Helvetica }

Because, given the x-height difference, those are really more equivalent than if both are at the same size. Does anyone know a workaround for this (or a reason it doesn't make sense)? And no curmudgeonly rants about how ugly Helvetica looks at 14px on a computer screen.