CSS Fonts, Decorating and Alignment

Topic Overview

Typography

Typography Typefaces Font Categories TODO

Using Fonts

The font-family Property Fallback Fonts and Stacks Making Font Choices TODO

Sizing

Setting Size Fixed Size Relative Size Using Sizes TODO

Adding Meaning

Setting Bold and Italic Font Weight Font Style Using Weights and Styles TODO

Decorating

Font Variant Text Transform Text Decoration TODO

Spacing

"Space: The Final Font-tier..." Leading Kerning Tracking Word Spacing TODO

Alignment

Horizontal Alignment Vertical Alignment Indentation TODO

Pseudos

Pseudo-Selectors Pseudo-Elements Pseudo-Classes Setting States TODO

Self-Hosted Fonts

Including Fonts Fonts Directory Fonts Stylesheet The @font-face Selector Family Source Other Properties The @font-face Rule TODO

Library-Hosted Fonts

Sourcing Fonts Navigating Google Fonts Option A - Downloading Fonts Option B - Standard Embeds Option C - @import Embeds TODO

Navigating Google Fonts

Google Fonts is one of the premier font libraries, so our tutorial will focus on their service. But you should also explore other options, as there may be different fonts to choose from.

We have 3 options on how we can get fonts from Google Fonts:

Option A: By downloading the files and using CSS and @font-face declarations.
Option B: By embedding and linking in HTML via the “Standard” method, good for single-page sites.
Option C: By embedding and linking in CSS via the “@import” method, good for multi-page sites.

Browsing With Google Fonts