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Specifying Fonts

Making changes in the HTML code to the Font tag allows you to specify alternate fonts, increasing the possibility that a browser will display your page as intended. For example, not all browsers will be able to view your chosen font, so you are allowed to list several fonts in order of preference. The browser will then select the first one it is able to view correctly.

• Font Specification Examples

• Specifying Fonts

• Editing the Font List

Font Specification Examples

In the first example shown here, if the browser can't display Times New Roman, it will try to display a font in the Times family. If that fails, the browser will display its default font in the generic font family of Serif.

Specifying Fonts

Making changes in the HTML code to the Font tag allows you to specify alternate fonts, increasing the possibility that a browser will display your page as intended.
NOTE:  Similar changes can be made when specifying fonts in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Specifying Fonts: Menu Option

1. Select the text you wish to modify
   NOTE:  If no text is selected, the change applies to subsequent text you type.

2. From the Text menu, select Font » font choice
   Your font choice is applied.

Specifying Fonts: Font Properties Pane

1. Select the text you wish to modify

2. In the Font Properties pane, from the Font pull-down list, select a font combination
   Your font choice is applied.

Specifying Fonts: Code View

1. Select the text you wish to modify

2. On the Document toolbar, click SHOW CODE VIEWor SHOW CODE AND DESIGN VIEWS
   Your text is selected in the HTML code.

3. Within the font face tag, specify additional fonts in order of priority
   In the example shown here, three font selections have been specified. Arial is the first selection; if that cannot be displayed, Helvetica is the second choice; otherwise, a font in the Sans-Serif family will be displayed.
   

This is what the above HTML will produce:

Editing the Font List

Font combinations determine how a browser displays text in your web page. A browser uses the first font in the combination that is installed on the user’s system; if none of the fonts in the combination are installed, the browser displays the text according to the user’s browser preferences.

Editing the Font List: Modifying Font Combinations

1. From the Text menu, select Font » Edit Font List...
   The Edit Font List dialog box appears.
   

2. From the Font List scroll box, select the font combination you want to modify
   The fonts which make up this combination appear in the Chosen Fonts scroll box.

3. To remove a font from the combination:

   1. From the Chosen Fonts scroll box, select the font

   2. Click REMOVE
      The font is removed from the combination.

4. To add a font to the combination:

   1. From the Available Fonts scroll box, select the font

   2. Click ADD
      The font is removed from the combination.

5. To move a font combination up or down in the Font List

   1. Select the font combination

   2. Click MOVE UP or MOVE DOWN

6. Click OK

Editing the Font List: Adding New Font Combinations

1. From the Text menu, select Font » Edit Font List...
   The Edit Font List dialog box appears.

2. From the Available Fonts scroll box, select a font

3. Click ADD
   The font appears in the Chosen Fonts scroll box.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to continue adding fonts to the font combination
   NOTE: It is a good idea to include a generic font family in the combination (appropriate to your other font choices) in case a browser does not recognize your specified fonts. Serif and sans-serif, as well as other generic font choices, appear at the end of the Available Fonts list.

5. Click OK
   Your new font combination is added to the Font List.

Editing the Font List: Deleting Font Combinations

1. From the Text menu, select Font » Edit Font List...
   The Edit Font List dialog box appears.

2. From the Available Fonts list, select a font combination

3. Click DELETE

4. Click OK
   The font combination is removed from the Font List.