Jazz up your posts, Part C

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materialsgirl

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Okay, we had Part 1, Part Deux, and now it's time for Part C. :p

This part is even trickier still, because changing the font is completely dependent on what fonts are installed on the end-user's computer. In other words, your computer might have Comic Sans MS, but if the person viewing your post does not have that font installed, they will not be able to see when you use that font. So, for the best results with this attribute, stick to the common fonts (I'll give a list below).

Changing the font is done in the same way as changing the text color and size. It's another attribute in the font tag. It looks like this (but with square brackets).

<font face="comic sans ms">insert text here</font>

and produces this result

[font face="comic sans ms"]Comic Sans MS[/font]

The font names are not case sensitive (just like HTML in general), but it should be enclosed in quotes. As you may notice, since this is part of the font tag, you can also change the text color and size in this same tag. Let's try a few, shall we?

[font face="trebuchet ms" size=+2 color=hotpink]Trebuchet MS[/font]
[font face="lucida console" size=+2 color=steelblue]Lucida Console[/font]
[font face="times new roman" size=+2 color=green]Times New Roman[/font]

Ready? Your turn!

ETA: Here's a list of some of the more common fonts:
http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

ETA Again... since some of you can't view the link above due to corporate filters (damn them!!!), here's a short list of some font names you can try. :)

trebuchet ms
lucida console
times new roman
courier
georgia
monospace
palatino linotype
book antiqua
verdana
symbol (this one will give you symbols, not letters!)
ms sans serif
geneva
impact
tahoma
ms serif
 
I thought it was something like that, but I didn't know where to find the font list. Of course, it is filtered here at work.x(
 
[font color=darkblue size=+1 face="MS Serif"]Boo Hoo! I've been using some fancy schmancy fonts in my posts that you probably can't see![/font]

Thanks for lesson, Ev:*

You should be a teacher!
 
Michele, what was the font you used in the OAL thread, the one where you said "Jazzy Posting?" That was pretty:)
 
>Michele, what was the font you used in the OAL thread, the one where you said "Jazzy Posting?" That was pretty:)

Thank you! It's called Curlz Mz. I love it, too, but it's not on he list so I'll bet lots of you can't see it :-(
 
>Okay, we had Part 1, Part Deux, and now it's time for Part C.
> :p
>
>This part is even trickier still, because changing the font is
>completely dependent on what fonts are installed on the
>end-user's computer. In other words, your computer
>might have Comic Sans MS, but if the person viewing your post
>does not have that font installed, they will not be able to
>see when you use that font. So, for the best results with
>this attribute, stick to the common fonts (I'll give a list
>below).
>
>Changing the font is done in the same way as changing the text
>color and size. It's another attribute in the font tag. It
>looks like this (but with square brackets).
>
><font face="comic sans ms">insert text here</font>
>
>and produces this result
>
>[font face="comic sans ms"]Comic Sans MS[/font]
>
>The font names are not case sensitive (just like HTML in
>general), but it should be enclosed in quotes. As you may
>notice, since this is part of the font tag, you can also
>change the text color and size in this same tag. Let's try a
>few, shall we?
>
>[font face="trebuchet ms" size=+2 color=hotpink]Trebuchet
>MS[/font]
>[font face="lucida console" size=+2 color=steelblue]Lucida
>Console[/font]
>[font face="times new roman" size=+2 color=green]Times New
>Roman[/font]
>
>Ready? Your turn!
>
>ETA: Here's a list of some of the more common fonts:
>http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
>
>ETA Again... since some of you can't view the link above due
>to corporate filters (damn them!!!), here's a short list of
>some font names you can try. :)
>
>trebuchet ms
>lucida console
>times new roman
>courier
>georgia
>monospace
>palatino linotype
>book antiqua
>verdana
>symbol (this one will give you symbols, not letters!)
>ms sans serif
>geneva
>impact
>tahoma
>ms serif
>

[font face="georgia" size=+6 color=baby blue]Testing[/font]


http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/sports/barbell.gif [font color=aqua blue size=+1]~Dallys~[/font]

www.picturetrail.com/keeponthesunnyside
 
[font face="ms serif" size=+2]ms serif[/font]
[font face="tahoma" size=+2]tahoma[/font]
[font face="impact" size=+2]impact[/font]
[font face="script" size=+4]script[/font]
[font face="curlz mt" size=+2]curlz mt[/font]

This is sooo [font face="curlz mt" color=blue size=+3]cool[/font]!

Can you tell I'm easily amused:7
 
[font face="book antiqua"][font size=+2][font color=green]also testing[/font face="book antiqua"][/font size=+2][/font color=green]

I'm glad to see arrowy Michele got her name adjusted. That arrow through the name looks beyond my meager powers.
 
>I'm glad to see arrowy Michele got her name adjusted. That
>arrow through the name looks beyond my meager powers.

Apparently it was beyond my powers, too -- lol! It's actually really simple to do. I just did a search for HTML characters and found all the symbols that way. The reason why my signature didn't look right to you guys was because I forgot to put a ; in the HTML code -- just a simple case of sloppy typing. ;)
 
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