Backup Fonts

[C1RCU175P1D3R]

Hey Guys, I'm working on a page for a friend, and one of the fonts I've used doesn't work on all computers. I remember reading a code once that lets you put in an alternate font face for users who don't have that font, but I don't remember what it was, or where I read it, if anyone could help, I'd be much obliged.

-Thanks

[scojo1]

you can do this with CSS and the font-family property, if you need help with the CSS let me know

check this out
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/font/font-family.html

[C1RCU175P1D3R]

Heh... yeah, I'm not all to advanced, I just remember that there was a code for a secondary font, but I can't remember it. Can't do anything CSS, and I have no clue what the web-design group means on anything! hahaha! :D

[NogDog]

Specifically, these are the generic font families:
'serif' (e.g. Times)
'sans-serif' (e.g. Helvetica)
'cursive' (e.g. Zapf-Chancery)
'fantasy' (e.g. Western)
'monospace' (e.g. Courier)
When assigning a font-family via CSS, you can provide a list of fonts with the most preferred being first in the list, and you should always provide one of the above generic fonts at the end of the list.

Style sheet:

body {
font: medium arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
font-family: courier, monospace;
}

You can assign it in-line using the style attribute:

<p>This is a test. <span style="font-family: 'comic sans-serif', fantasy">It is
only a test.</span></p>

[Charles]

That should be:body {
font: 'Medium Arial', Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
font-family: Courier, monospace;
}

[NogDog]

That should be:body {
font: 'Medium Arial', Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
font-family: Courier, monospace;
}
Negative: "medium" is the font size, followed by a list of font names. (I wanted to show how a list of font-family names could be used in with the "font" descriptor as well as the "font-family" one.)