There is one more font
tag you might like to use. It is the one that changes the font
face. There are only two fonts that are supported by all browsers
- Times New Roman and Courier New. They look like this:
<font face=Times New
Roman>This is
the Times New Roman font face.</font>
<font face=Courier New>This
is the Courier New font face.</font>
Did you
notice there are spaces between each word within the diamond
operators? And as always, don't forget the closing tag!
There are only a few
more font faces that are supported by MOST browsers, but it is
enough variety to keep your listings looking interesting. (please
note - your browser may not display all of these properly)
<font face=Arial>This
is the Arial font face. It is the font face of choice for most
of this page, and Melonbones Auction.</font>
<font face=Arial Black>This is the Arial Black font face.</font>
<font face=Arial Narrow>This is the Arial Narrow font
face.</font>
<font face=Arial Rounded
MT Bold>This
is the Arial Rounded MT Bold font face.</font>
<font face=Book Antiqua>This is the Book Antiqua font
face.</font>
<font face=Bookman
Old Style>This
is the Bookman Old Style font face.</font>
<font face=Century
Gothic>This is
the Century Gothic font face.</font>
<font face=Garamond>This is the Garamond font face.</font>
<font face=Verdana>This is the Verdana font face.</font>
As you can see, there
are no really fancy fonts, however, if you really want to use
those neat ones you have on your computer at home you can. You
just have to be aware that if your visitor does not have that
same font installed on their machine, their browser will automatically
display one of the above two default fonts listed first.
You can direct your visitor's
browser to try one or more fonts before using the default by
putting a comma and then a space after your first choice. You
can add a whole list if you like - just keep using a comma then
a space like this:
<font face=Jokerman,
Lucida Calligraphy, Old English Text MT>This font face will be Jokerman, or Lucida Calligraphy,
or Old English Text MT, or a default font if you don't have any
of the first three installed on the machine you are viewing this
page with.</font>
Now,
let's put all three font tags together in one statement. Again,
you could write it like this:
<font
face=Arial Black><font color=009999><font size=+2>This is Arial Black
in size +2 (and as you can see, it's aqua-colored - that's 009999).
When you do it this way, you need three closing tags.</font></font></font>
Or you
can do it this way, which is less typing:
<font
face=arial black color=009999 size=+2>Now you get the same effect, but
with only one closing tag.</font>
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