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Daily Web Design Class: Fonts

What is a Font?
If you know the five families of fonts on the Web, you can use the one that will get your point across more clearly.

Using Points, Pixels, Ems, or Percentages for CSS Fonts
Font sizes are problematic on the Web. Learn what sizes you should use and when.

Dynamic Fonts
While not 100% reliable, it is possible to define specific fonts for your Web pages and have them display, even if your readers don’t have the font on their system.

Coming Up Next
Next lesson, we’ll cover navigation – it’s an often skipped and misunderstood part of Web design.

Written by Judith

March 19, 2008 at 4:39 pm