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

sean farrelly
sean farrelly
1,614 Points
Posted by sean farrelly
sean farrelly
1,614 Points

Choose a font from Google fonts and include it into the page.

Choose a font from Google fonts and include it into the page.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <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;
  font-family: inherit;
}

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

2 Answers

Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points
Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points

I'm confused on what your question is... If you are asking how to get a font from google and use it on the page, go to the Google fonts website, find a font that you like and google will give you some code at the bottom of the page. Copy and paste it into your code.

sean farrelly
sean farrelly
1,614 Points
sean farrelly
sean farrelly
1,614 Points

well Zachary thanks for your reply i figured it out i got the font style of google font and the code . i just wasn't sure about were to put the code in the html page. you put it at the top of the head .

Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points
Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points

No problem good luck with your classes :)

Jabulani Mabaya
Jabulani Mabaya
10,506 Points
Jabulani Mabaya
Jabulani Mabaya
10,506 Points

You choose a font in Google fonts then click "use". Google fonts will create a code for you to simply copy and paste to your head element . You then add the name of the font you chose to your font family in your CSS.