HTML Font Specification

This page will teach you how to specify different fonts to a web page.

HTML provides several ways to specify the font for text content on a web page. Here are a few of the most common methods:

Using the style attribute: You can use the style attribute to specify the font family, font size, font style, and font weight for an HTML element. For example:

<p style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This is some text</p>

Using the font tag: The font tag is an older HTML tag that was used to specify font information. However, it is now deprecated and it is recommended to use CSS instead. For example:

<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4">This is some text</font>

Using CSS: CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the recommended way to specify the font for an HTML document. You can use CSS to specify the font family, font size, font style, and font weight for all elements on a web page, or specific elements. For example:

p {
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 14px;
}

It's worth noting that when specifying fonts in HTML and CSS, it's a good idea to include multiple font families as fallback options in case the primary font is not available on the user's device. For example, the font stack "Arial, sans-serif" specifies that Arial should be used if available, and if not, any other sans-serif font installed on the user's device.