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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Add Fonts

Jerusalem Fonseca
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Jerusalem Fonseca
Courses Plus Student 10,725 Points
Posted by Jerusalem Fonseca
Jerusalem Fonseca
Courses Plus Student 10,725 Points

In your CSS, apply your font to the first level headline using font-family. Include a sans-serif fallback.

In your CSS, apply your font to the first level headline using font-family. Include a sans-serif fallback.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
      <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans|Open+Sans+serif:300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">

  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
     h1 font-family: sans-serif; h1 {
      }
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>

      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2014 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

2 Answers

Shaun Earley
Shaun Earley
20,412 Points
Shaun Earley
Shaun Earley
20,412 Points

Looks like you are trying to apply your styles in the html file. You should writing all your styles in the css file. If you need to write a style in the html you need to wrap it the <style></style> tag. In your css file it should look something like this:

h1 { font-family: ; }

Hope this helps Shaun

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

font families are separated by commas and read left to right. An example from w3c schools is:

font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Serif;

Shaun is right about the style tags, and the preferred place to add style being in an external sheet (there is a tab that represents main.css).