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Ricci Street looks best with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.5 on a monitor set to 24-bit color, often called True Color or 16.7 million colors. If you aren't sure what you're using, here it is:
If you're using Netscape's Navigator, the color depth will read "undefined-bit". If you're using IE and the color depth reads "8-bit" or "16-bit", then you're missing some of the color you could be getting on the Web.
Regardless of the browser, right-click on an open area of your desktop and select Properties at the bottom of the box that pops up. That should take you to the Display Properties' Setting tab. Pull down the Colors menu and select True Color (24-bit). That might affect the Screen Area setting next to it, so play with the two until you get what you want.
What version are you using? I recommend the latest, IE 5.5 and NN 4.7. They are free at Microsoft's and Netscape's web sites.
After Netscape was bought by AOL, they decided to write the next version of Navigator from scratch.
Meanwhile, Microsoft got a version ahead and Ricci Street looks a little goofy
in NN 4.7. In other words, Microsoft's browser complies with the standards
better than Netscape's. 
In May 2000, Netscape released its newest in beta, which means it's still a little buggy. They're so late with it that they're calling it Netscape 6.
All a web designer can do is specify a font. If it's on the browser's machine, it displays. If not, you see the default, usual Times New Roman or Arial.
The original idea behind the Web had the page's author determining the content and tagging the structure. The user would determine the style, that is, how the page looked in the browser. Most people don't do that. The Web didn't get popular until graphic designers were given more control over how the page looks.
You may still override the designer's specification.
In Microsoft's IE 5.5, pull down the Tools menu and choose Internet Options. At the bottom of the General tab, click on the Colors and Fonts buttons.
In Netscape's NN 4.7, pull down the Edit menu and choose Preferences. The Appearance option will let you change colors and fonts.
In either browser, while you're there, check out some of your other options.
Too small? Too large?
In both browsers, pull down the View menu. In IE 5.5, choose Text Size. In NN 4.7, choose Increase Font or Decrease Font. Keep doing it until you get what you want.
I think Ricci Street's pages look best at the Smallest setting in IE. If you're using NN, here's a screen shot of what I think looks best.
I've designed Ricci Street so that the pages should maintain their readability and structural integrity no matter how large or small you make the type size. So do what's most comfortable for you.
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