Font changes depending on browser

Website built in Must with Verdana set as font throughout the site but the font changes dependng on the browser being used.  HELP!!!

Verdana is a "web safe" font. The whole concept of a "web safe" font is a bit of a misnomer. A web safe font is actually a list of fonts.
The tooltip that appears when you hover over "Verdana" in the list of Web Safe Fonts indicates the "fallback" fonts or the "font stack" associated with this web safe font.
The idea with web safe fonts is to choose fonts that are on the vast majority of computers, devices and operating system versions the visitors to your site will be using. However, no one font is on 100% of all computers and devices. When "Verdana" is not on a particular visitor's computer or device the browser will "fallback" to Tahoma. If Tahoma isn't available it will fallback to Geneva. If that's not available it will ask the browser to select a sans-serif font.
Even if Verdana is available on the visitor's computer or device, it may not be the same version of Verdana you were using (and thus may have subtlely different font metrics and thus different line breaks). Even if it is the identical font, the text layout and line breaks may still vary from browser to browser due to subtle differences in the text layout engines in each browser. In the case where the font isn't available at all and the browser has to fallback to another font, the appearance and layout of the text will be significantly different.
To get more consistent font display (though still with some variation from browser to browser and OS to OS) and live text in the browser, use Web Fonts. Click the "Add Web Fonts" choice in the Fonts menu and add some Web Fonts to your menu. These fonts are automatically downloaded from Typekit to the computer/device a site visitor is using, so the same font is always used. (However, rendering and line break differences will still occur due to the differences between browsers and operating systems.)
Another, albeit generally less desirable, option is to use System fonts. When a System Font is used Muse converts the text frame to an image. This makes for slower page load times, but in cases where a specific font absolutely must be used, it may be the only alternative. Muse automatically generates "alt text" for the image so the original text is still there for search engines to index and screen readers to read, but the user won't be able to select or search the text on the page in the browser.
The idea with web safe fonts is to choose fonts that are on the vast majority of computers, devices and operating system versions visitors to your site will be using, but no one font is on 100% of all devices. When "Verdana" is not on a particular visitor's computer or device the browser will "fallback" to Tahoma. If Tahoma isn't available it will fallback to Geneva. If that's not available it will ask the browser to select a sans-serif font.
Even if Verdana is available on the visitor's computer or device, it may not be the same version of the font you were using (and thus may have subtlely different font metrics). Even if it is the identical font, the text layout and line break may vary from browser to browser due to subtle differences in the text layout engines in each browser. In the case where the font isn't available at all and the browser has to fallback to another font, the appearance and layout of the text will be significantly different.

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