title: How can I determine what font a browser is actually using to render some text?
body: <p>My CSS specifies "<code>font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;</code>" for the whole page.  It looks like Verdana is being used instead on some parts.  I would like to be able to verify this.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried copying and pasting from my browser into Word, but it's not preserving the font.</p>
  
  <p>Is there some way to determine which font is actually being used for a section of text?</p>
  
  <p>Firebug will give me the list of fonts as above[1], but I don't see a way to determine which one of the fonts is being used.</p>
  
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  <li>It turns out the wrong list was being used, which solved my original Verdana problem.  But I'm still curious if there's a way to identify the actual rendering font.</li>
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