how to use different fonts in css

hi there,
im having trouble in using different kind of font, well not really trouble, its just i dont know how to link the font i want to using. its not the default font that we use in html.
could you give me some example of that? or is it possible to do that?
have a great day , thanks
if there is any possibility please e-mail me..
xxxx@gmail.com.. or reply to my post.
thanks

Jan 29 '08 #1

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drhowarddrfine

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If the font is not installed on the user's computer, it cannot be used.

Jan 29 '08 #2

harshmaul

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you can change the font a number of ways. look at this simple example....

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 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"

    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>

<title>Page Title</title>

<style type="text/css">

body{

/*this will change the font of the entire BODY to verdana*/

font-family:Verdana;

}

p{

/*this will change each "p" tag to be arial*/

font-family:arial;

}

.myClass{

/*this will change each element with a class attribute as "myClass" to tahoma*/

font-family:tahoma;

}

#myID{

/*this will change the element with an ID of "myID" to Courier new*/

font-family:Courier New;

}

</style>
 
</head>

<body>

<div>

    <span>This font is verdana</span>

    <p>This font is arial</p>

    <span class="myClass">This font is tahoma</span>

    <span id="myID">This font is Courier</span>

</div>

</body>

</html>

Jan 29 '08 #3

drhowarddrfine

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Oops. Yes. I read "default font" meaning a font normally installed on computers, as in "custom font".

Jan 29 '08 #4

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