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

Anthony Costanza
Anthony Costanza
2,123 Points
Posted by Anthony Costanza
Anthony Costanza
2,123 Points

Not really getting this

Am I not coding this correctly? Why not? Ive added the font in the "head" Please help. Thank you.

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 {font-family: 'Changa One' , sans-serif;
    }
  </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;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

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

2 Answers

Matthew Lawson
Matthew Lawson
7,283 Points
Matthew Lawson
Matthew Lawson
7,283 Points 
<html> 
  <Head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Matt Lawson | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,400,700,700italic|Open+Sans:400italic,400' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/stylesheet.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, inital-scale=1.0">
  </Head>

Try coding it like this.

Hope this helps.

Emmanuel Obi
Emmanuel Obi
14,912 Points
Emmanuel Obi
Emmanuel Obi
14,912 Points

I'm not familiar with the head reference in the head tag.

I do know that in order to imbue an HTML element with a given font, the font must first be imported. You can do this by using an import statement in your CSS. Those typically go as follows:

@font-face { font-family: FontName; src: url('wherever-you-got-the-font'); }

Once this statement is in your CSS, you can use your font with other tags.