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Font family (HTML)
In HTML and XHTML, a font family is a group of similar fonts. There are 5 predefined generic families:
| Serif: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Sans-serif: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Cursive: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Fantasy: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Monospace: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
(Under Windows API, they are identified as Roman, Swiss, Script, Decorative and Modern, respectively).
There may be many other font families; however, you cannot expect them to be universally supported. Just see what your browser can make out of it:
| Times: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Roman: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Garamond: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Palatino: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Antiqua: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Minion: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Helvetica: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Swiss: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Impact: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Script: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Decorative: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Blackletter: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Fraktur: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Modern: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| Courier: | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
The actual looks will depend on you browser and the fonts installed on your system. Internet Explorer, for instance, always displays Serif and Times as Times New Roman, and Sans-serif and Helvetica as Arial.
Typically font family instructions are placed in Cascading Style Sheets.
Last updated: 06-01-2005 16:45:48
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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