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Questy's, special characters font talk
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Building a better web site ... Questy's, special characters font talk |
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Which font face is best? Good question, with many answers, first some basics. A TrueType font is one that does not distort when its font size is increased or decreased. Times New Roman and Arial are the most common font types used within Web pages. Since these fonts are registered on most PCs, using them ensures that Web pages will look as intended. Also, these fonts are TrueType fonts so they will look the same no matter what their size. Anti-aliasing is a process that smooths the edges of text so that they do not appear to have stair-stepped or jagged edges. This process creates a smooth effect by adjusting the pixel color to create a transition between the font and the background. Typically, a graphic is created for the text, and the anti-aliasing option is turned on in the creation of that graphic. While anti-aliasing does create smooth-looking text, adjusting the pixel color creates a larger file, which means that this page will take users more time to download. Serif fonts contain curls and cross-strokes that project from the main stroke of a letter, whereas sans serif fonts do not. ( Sans serif means "without serifs") In web publishing, for many reasons such as video settings and monitor resolutions serif fonts can look blurry or not as "clean" compared to sans serif. Many experts, (myself included) suggest that tags should point to a sans serif typeface. Examples of serif fonts include: Courier New (Courier), Georgia , Times New Roman (Times) Examples of sans serif fonts include: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana Based on studies, Verdana appears to be the best overall font choice. It is preferred by readers in comparison tests, it is read fairly quickly and perceived as being very legible. With all decisions, your choice should be based on what's best for the users of your site. Commenting Your Files You might want to include comments in your HTML files. Comments in HTML are like comments in a computer program--the text you enter is not used by the browser in any formatting and is not directly viewable by the reader just as computer program comments are not used and are not viewable. The comments are accessible if a reader views the source file, however. To include a comment, enter: <!-- your comments here --> You must include the exclamation mark and the hyphens as shown. Besides the non breaking space ( ) here are some other useful special characters: Copyright
sign © Horizontal Rules The <HR> tag produces a horizontal line the width of the browser window. A horizontal rule is useful to separate sections of your document. You
can vary a rule's size (thickness) and width (the percentage of the window
covered by the rule). Experiment with the settings until you are satisfied
with the presentation. For example the rule below is: |
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