Do you remember seeing this from yesterday?
font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
Well if you don't, I tell you. I used it in my style sheet to declare what kind of font I want the text in the body to be. However, why are there two values (Verdana and sans-serif)? And why is one capitalized and the other not?
Well, a browser can only display a font that the viewer has installed on his/her computer. The multiple values for the font are to give you a bit more control over what your viewer sees. In our example, if the viewer does not have the Verdana font, then we tell the browser to choose a font available from the font family sans-serif. See, if you didn't have sans-serif following Verdana, then the browser would just use the default font. And, what is a font family?
A font family is a category of styles. There are five main ones:
| Font family | Examples | |
|---|---|---|
| serif | Times New Roman | Georgia |
| sans-serif | Arial | Trebuchet |
| monospace | Courier | Courier New |
| cursive | Comic Sans | Apple Chancery |
| fantasy | Impact | Western |
See, font families should be lowercase, but a specific font should start with a capital letter.
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