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

analyn jane calado
analyn jane calado
3,523 Points
Posted by analyn jane calado
analyn jane calado
3,523 Points

what should I put to the headlines to add a Google fonts?

what should I put to the headlines to add a Google fonts?

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://fontsgoogleapis.com/css">
    family=changa+one|open+sans: 400italic, 700italic, 400,700,800rel'stylesheet'type='text|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;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

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

2 Answers

Sam Baines
Sam Baines
4,315 Points
Sam Baines
Sam Baines
4,315 Points

Hi, Make sure you copy the link data for the google font api correctly and fully from the web - your link in your html has some errors and incorrect > tags, etc in place. Compare it to the syntax below:

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One:400,400italic|Open+Sans:400italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

Then for your css use the following syntax, but replace the font in the '____' for Open Sans or Changa One :

h1 {
font-family: 'Changa One', sans-serif;
}

Have a practice in workspaces.

Samuel Glister
Samuel Glister
12,471 Points
Samuel Glister
Samuel Glister
12,471 Points

Hi Analyn,

There are a couple of things you need to do here, the first is make sure you link to google fonts correctly you link should look like this:

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

then in your css you should link your new font to an element like so:

h1 {
font-family: font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;

}

hope this helps