![]() ![]() Among other things, CSS is a method of specifying how to display fonts. There's something better, easier and faster, with additional control.Ĭascading Style Sheets: a "style" is a font style. Yes, there is Search & Replace, but since the face, size and color specifications can be in any particular order, you'd have to ensure you'd caught all instances. Or worse - you'd not make the changes because it's just too much work. If you ever want to change it, you'd have to edit each instance throughout the website - time wasted, same code bloat and same lengthier downloads. Repeating such coding across a website's pages is time-consuming, adds code and lengthens download time. This can get pretty busy note how the font tags are nested (it can actually get worse, but this is enough for illustration purposes). Note that we have added sans-serif to our font face selection: This requires surrounding the text with a tags and specifying the font face (type style), size and color - in every paragraph, text selection or mid-sentence font change.s HTML font styles are the original method of changing the default font (which still works, by the way). There are two ways to change the default font in browsers: The latest studies still show these to be the most commonly installed fonts on Windows, Mac and UNIX systems (but at least we have some in common!): Unfortunately, not all computers have the same fonts installed. No matter what font you specify for a web page, if it isn't installed on your website visitors' computers, they won't see it. We'll take up how to include these in a moment but, first, there's an important point: ![]() Serifs are decorative lines added to fonts (see image) sans-serif does not have these decorative lines ("sans" means "without" in French). Serif, anyone? There are two font defaults: serif and sans-serif. As this can have pretty ghastly effects on website design, it is important include alternatives so that the browser can select from the fonts you specify. Vital Information - what fonts can be used on a website? You can specify any font you like - but bear in mind that the user's browser can only display fonts that are on his/her computer otherwise, his browser will select a default. While there is nothing wrong with Times New Roman, it may not be the typeface you are after for a particular website. This is the default browser font (Times New Roman, black). Where no other changes are specified, browsers are programmed to use a default font: Fonts (type faces) play a large part in the look and feel of a web page. ![]()
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