Html Fonts And Colors

[mikechang2000]

HI EVERYONE!

SORRY IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE A DUMB QUESTION. I WANT TO CREATE A WEBSITE BUT I DO NOT KNOW THE AVAILABLE KINDS OF COLORS AND FONTS I MAY USE. I ALSO HEARD THAT CERTAIN COLORS AND FONTS WILL NOT SHOW UP ON SOME PEOPLES COMPUTERS FOR SOME REASON. CAN SOMEONE GUIDE ME TO A LIST OF FONTS AND COLORS I MAY USE AND INFORM ME OF THE ONES WHICH ALL COMPUTERS CAN VIEW? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

[David Harrison]

There are 16 different colours that can be used (by name).

They are:

* black
* silver
* gray
* white
* maroon
* red
* purple
* fuchsia
* green
* lime
* olive
* yellow
* navy
* blue
* teal
* aqua

However, as far as fonts are concerned it varies from PC to PC as to which fonts are installed.

Therefore it is best to specify a couple of fonts (in the order of preference), so that if the first choice is not available it will go on to the second and the third and so on, and for the last font specify a default font family like sans-serif.

eg.:

<font color="black" face="verdana, comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="3">

[mikechang2000]

Thank you very much for your help. Could you also list a couple of well known fonts I can choose from, similar to the list of colors you listed. Thank you again for your help.

[brendandonhue]

In addition to those 16 named colors, there are hundreds you can use by Hex value.
http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/picker/

[Charles]

Originally posted by lavalamp
<font color="black" face="verdana, comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="3"> The FONT element was depricated back in 1997, and with good reason. Do not use it and do not encourage other people to use it. Instead, mark up the structure of the page, use <h1>Lorem Ipsum</h1> and then in the document's HEAD element:

<style type="text/css">
<!--
h1 {color:#000}
-->
</style>

See http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp to get an idea of just what fonts are in use out there but always design so that it really doesn't matter if your user has a particular font or any fonts at all.

[David Harrison]

I know that font has been depreciated, but what was the good reason for it?

[Sgt Web]

Fonts vary depending on operating system.

Some basics follow, I would recommend selecting one from each and ending with a default font like "serif" or "sans-serif".

WINDOWS:
Arial
Courier New
Times New Roman
Comic Sans

MAC:
Chicago
Courier
Times
New York

UNIX:
Charter
Courier
Times
Lucida

Hope this helps.

[Charles]

Originally posted by lavalamp
I know that font has been depreciated, but what was the good reason for it? To encourage you to separate your content from your presentation. That way your page will always make sense no matter how it is presented and will be accessible to the blind and to search engines.