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Your Homepage   :  Specifying Fonts So, you're tired of the browser's default font and you want to use some really nifty fonts? Okay, but there's a few really important things that you need to know: The person viewing Your Homepage must have the font you specify installed on their computer, OR they're going to see the browser's default font. Windows Standard Fonts are Arial, Courier New, Marlett, Modern, Symbol, Times New Roman, and Wingdings Mac Standard Fonts are Avant Garde, Bookman, Courier, Helvetica, Helvetica Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Palatino, Symbol, Times, Zapf Chancery, and Zapf Dingbats. The Tag: <FONT FACE="_" SIZE="_" COLOR="_"> Wow! Look at that font! </FONT> The Tag Broken Down by Function: <FONT> — Indicates to the browser that a font face (style), or size, or color, or all three is being specified. FACE="_" — Specifies a font face (style). (NOTE: The _ is not part of the tag. It is used here as a placeholder. The name of the font would be inserted here.) SIZE="_" — Specifies a font size. (NOTE: The _ is not part of the tag. It is used here as a placeholder. The size font would be inserted here.) COLOR="_" — Specifies the color of the font. Only certain colors can be specified by a predefined name. Other colors are specified by a hex code, which is a hexidecimal number representing that color. (NOTE: The _ is not part of the tag. It is used here as a placeholder. The font color would be inserted here.) </FONT> — Tells the browser to stop displaying the font specification. NOW ... A Font Tag Following is an example of a functioning font tag, what it looks like in HTML, and how it is displayed by a browser. Try copying the HTML into Your Homepage. In HTML: <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000">WOW! Look at that font! </FONT> On the page: WOW! Look at that font! The Font Tag Broken Down by Function: <FONT> — Indicates that a font face (style), font size, or the color is being specified. FACE="Arial, Helvetica" — Tells the browser to display the font face (style) Arial, and that if it can't find that on the system to try Helvetica. If it cannot find any of the fonts on the system, it will use the default font. We chose Arial and Helvetica, because they are similar in style, and Arial is a default Windows font and Helvetica is a default Mac font. (NOTE: You do not need to list multiple fonts; however, it is a good idea if you want Your Homepage to look similar on different platforms. Be sure to separate them by commas.) SIZE="4" — Specifies a font size of 4. COLOR="#000000" — Specifies a font color. </FONT> — Tells the browser to stop displaying the font specification. NOTE: You do not need to include the SIZE, FACE, and COLOR attributes together in the <FONT> tag. You may code whichever attribute you need. -back to top- Home - About psnw.com - Reseller Program - jobs@psnw.com Technical Support - Customer Service - Home Services - Business Services Terms of Service - Privacy Policy - Contact Us - Refer & Earn - Site Map [ Privacy Policy ] Members of psnw.com, agree to abide by our Terms of Service. © 2006 ProtoSource Network. 6323