Defining fonts?

[John]

HI:
I'm a total newby at this:

In order to have some consistency of fonts used on my web site, I wrote a ccs.
There are about 20 entries, all variations (bold; bold larger; colorerd; italic;
underlined etc) - you get the idea.

They are all using one font (Arial).

This means the phrase "Font Family: Arial;" is in each definition.

Is there a way whereby I can use a common code (such as Font Family: "font#1"
and then define this "font#1" on a separate line?

If so, could I define a number of them as "font#1, and the rest as "font#2".

That way, if I wanted to try and see what my site would loook like in a
different font, I would have to make one change only in the ccs file, rather
than about 20.

Perhaps, I'm asking for the impossible, but it's worth a try . . . .

Thanks!

John <><

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with an other monkey's monkey.

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

John wrote:

HI: I'm a total newby at this:

In order to have some consistency of fonts used on my web site, I
wrote a ccs. There are about 20 entries, all variations (bold; bold
larger; colorerd; italic; underlined etc) - you get the idea.

They are all using one font (Arial).

This means the phrase "Font Family: Arial;" is in each definition.

body {
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%; /* so users get their own preference */
}

...then delete all that stuff within your HTML. Setting your suggested
font in the CSS's body will cascade to all children of body. Don't
forget the generic fallback.

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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:46:46 -0400, John <no****@nospam.ca> wrote or
quoted :

That way, if I wanted to try and see what my site would loook like in a
different font, I would have to make one change only in the ccs file, rather
than about 20.

The key to this is applying a font property to a list of selectors in
one place and the other properties in another. That way you need
specify the font only once.

e.g.

..plum,.strawberry,.blackberry{ font-family: Arial, sans-serif };
..plum { font-size: 1.2 em };

..strawberry,blackberry ( color: red; }

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