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Font
Names
All
the letters you see on your computer screen are done in a font.
Right now, I'm typing in the font called "Verdana."
This
Font is Comic Sans MS
This
Font is Times New Roman
Can
you see the differences? There are certain standard fonts that
are installed on every computer, like the ones above. YOUR
COMPUTER CAN ONLY VIEW WORDS TYPED IN FONTS INSTALLED ON YOUR
MACHINE. Of course, not everyone has the same fonts
installed. So how do you have writing show up on your page that
everyone can see? By using the standard fonts and writing in
html, or by making a graphic that contains a non-standard font.
Every
computer can read the above, even if Action Is is not installed.
How? I made it into a graphic, then downloaded the graphic the
same way I do every other graphic. So, you can type directly on
the page with a font, but you can also incorporate them into
graphics. (For more information on how to do this, go here)
In
html code, the code for the font name is
<font
face="Verdana">Write your text here</font>
Fonts
can be used in different sizes
This
is size 1, or 8 pt
This
is size 2, or 10 pt
This is size
3, or 12 pt
This
is size 4, or 14 pt
This
is size 5, or 18 pt
You
can see, the bigger the number, the bigger the type. Remember,
even in the same size, different fonts can look bigger or smaller
cause each font has different attributes.
In
html code, the code for font size is:
<font
size=the number you select>Write your text here</font>
In
html code, to write in Verdana font, size 1, you would put:
<font face="Verdana"
size="1"
color="#000000">WRITE
YOUR TEXT HERE</font>
Font
Colors
In
addition, you can choose to write when using html code in
different colors. You can specify font colors one of 3 ways:
1)
Some colors have standard names. Examples are aliceblue, beige,
forestgreen, ghostwhite. To name the colors for me, I use the
Color Browser from http://www.maximized.com
It's a great program that lists all the standard colors plus does
other neat things with colors. Also, here's
a table of the commonly used color names.
2)
You can specify the Hexadecimal code, which is a fancy way to specify
a color. You have to include 6 letters or symbols to indicate
the color you want. Here's a chart I made showing some common colors
and their hexadecimal codes:
3)
Finally, each color has a RGB value as well. For example, white,
which has a hexadecimal value of #FFFFFF, has a rgb value of 255, 255,
255. Black, #000000, is 0, 0, 0. The Color
Browser converts colors into these two values as well. In
addition, there is a great free program that picks colors for you, and
which you can download on this site. It's the Eyedropper, and it
is explained more fully here.
Also, here's a table of
the commonly used color names and their hexidecimal equivalents.
So,
if you wanted to write in Verdana font, size 2, color red (FF0000),
you would specify:
<font face="Verdana"
size="2"
color="#FF0000">WRITE
YOUR TEXT HERE</font>
For
another great tool to help you select colors for fonts, check out the Colormaker! |
