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CSS Fonts

Choosing the right font for your website is important!

Font Selection is Important

Choosing the right font has a huge impact on how the readers experience a website.

The right font can create a strong identity for your brand.

Using a font that is easy to read is important. The font adds value to your text. It is also important to choose the correct color and text size for the font.

Generic Font Families

In CSS there are five generic font families:

1. Serif fonts have a small stroke at the edges of each letter. They create a sense of formality and elegance.
2. Sans-serif fonts have clean lines (no small strokes attached). They create a modern and minimalistic look.
3. Monospace fonts — here all the letters have the same fixed width. They create a mechanical look.
4. Cursive fonts imitate human handwriting.
5. Fantasy fonts are decorative/playful fonts.

All the different font names belong to one of the generic font families.

Difference Between Serif and Sans-serif Fonts

Note: On computer screens, sans-serif fonts are considered easier to read than serif fonts.

Some Font Examples

Generic Font Family	Examples of Font Names
Serif	Times New Roman Georgia Garamond
Sans-serif	Arial Verdana Helvetica
Monospace	Courier New Lucida Console Monaco
Cursive	Brush Script MT Lucida Handwriting
Fantasy	Copperplate Papyrus

The CSS font-family Property

In CSS, we use the font-family property to specify the font of a text.

Note: If the font name is more than one word, it must be in quotation marks, like: «Times New Roman».

Tip: The font-family property should hold several font names as a «fallback» system, to ensure maximum compatibility between browsers/operating systems. Start with the font you want, and end with a generic family (to let the browser pick a similar font in the generic family, if no other fonts are available). The font names should be separated with comma. Read more about fallback fonts in the next chapter.

Example

Specify some different fonts for three paragraphs:

.p1 <
font-family: «Times New Roman», Times, serif;
>

.p2 font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
>

.p3 font-family: «Lucida Console», «Courier New», monospace;
>

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Стандартные и безопасные шрифты CSS

Безопасные шрифты – это набор шрифтов, устанавливаемый вместе с операционной системой (Windows, MacOS, Unix/Linux).

Чтобы сайт в любой операционной системе открывался одинаково, принято в CSS-свойстве font-family задавать несколько названий шрифтов, перечисленных через запятую.

Последним указывается семейство шрифта, он используется, если в системе ни один из перечисленных не найден.

Список безопасных шрифтов:

‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок
Georgia, serif	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок
‘Arial Black’, Gadget, sans-serif	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок
Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок
‘Trebuchet MS’, Helvetica, sans-serif	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок
Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок
‘Comic Sans MS’, cursive, sans-serif	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок
‘Courier New’, Courier, monospace	Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок

Далее о каждом шрифте подробнее:

Times New Roman

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CSS Web Safe Fonts

The following fonts are the best web safe fonts for HTML and CSS:

• Arial (sans-serif)
• Verdana (sans-serif)
• Tahoma (sans-serif)
• Trebuchet MS (sans-serif)
• Times New Roman (serif)
• Georgia (serif)
• Garamond (serif)
• Courier New (monospace)
• Brush Script MT (cursive)

Note: Before you publish your website, always check how your fonts appear on different browsers and devices, and always use fallback fonts!

Arial (sans-serif)

Arial is the most widely used font for both online and printed media. Arial is also the default font in Google Docs.

Arial is one of the safest web fonts, and it is available on all major operating systems.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Verdana (sans-serif)

Verdana is a very popular font. Verdana is easily readable even for small font sizes.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Tahoma (sans-serif)

The Tahoma font has less space between the characters.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Trebuchet MS (sans-serif)

Trebuchet MS was designed by Microsoft in 1996. Use this font carefully. Not supported by all mobile operating systems.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Times New Roman (serif)

Times New Roman is one of the most recognizable fonts in the world. It looks professional and is used in many newspapers and «news» websites. It is also the primary font for Windows devices and applications.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Georgia (serif)

Georgia is an elegant serif font. It is very readable at different font sizes, so it is a good candidate for mobile-responsive design.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Garamond (serif)

Garamond is a classical font used for many printed books. It has a timeless look and good readability.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Courier New (monospace)

Courier New is the most widely used monospace serif font. Courier New is often used with coding displays, and many email providers use it as their default font. Courier New is also the standard font for movie screenplays.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Brush Script MT (cursive)

The Brush Script MT font was designed to mimic handwriting. It is elegant and sophisticated, but can be hard to read. Use it carefully.

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Tip: Also check out all available Google Fonts and how to use them.

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