HTML Web Design Tutorial #15

Changing Your Web Page Text to a Different Font

In part 14 we saw how background color can be specified. Next we'll see how to specify a particular font face. A font is a complete set of type (letters, numbers, punctuation and symbols) of one particular family, size, and style. Here are some examples:

Arial
Comic Sans MS
Courier New
Georgia
Impact
Times New Roman
Verdana

Most web browsers are initially setup to display web page text in the "Times New Roman" font. That font is considered easier to read on a printed page, because it has little lines, hooks, and curls called serifs that finish off the main strokes of the characters. However, reading printed text is different than reading text on a monitor.

It is generally agreed that text with serifs is more difficult to read on a computer monitor. For this reason, many web authors will switch to a font that doesn't have serifs: like Arial for instance. This is what we're going to see how to do in our next lesson, which you can begin by clicking on the play button below.

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