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

Posted by jean-rheal gervais
jean-rheal gervais
307 Points

where do i have to put the font type for it to be applied to h1

help needed

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

    <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{
        font-family:'open sans', sans serif; 
        }
        <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;
}

1 Answer

Ben Dietrich
Ben Dietrich
8,287 Points
Ben Dietrich
Ben Dietrich
8,287 Points

jean-rheal,

There are two changes you'll need to make in order to properly modify the font in your h1.

1) Make sure to insert the google font link element immediately following the normalize.css link and before your main.css link tag. It must be listed prior to your main.css link to ensure that the font is loaded and available to reference in your css file. Your code should look something like this...

    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800" rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">

2) To then modify the font family for the h1 element you'll need to add a rule in your css using the font-family declaration. Remember, when using a specific imported font family, like Open Sans, you'll want to add a generic family name, like Serif or Sans-Serif, as a backup in case your specific font does not load. Your code should look something like this...

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

If you mean to apply the font to your entire page, you could apply it to the body element. 

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

Or you can employ the universal selector, *.

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

I hope that answers your question!

jean-rheal gervais
jean-rheal gervais
307 Points

thank you very much for your help :)