Something like this?
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Sandcastle Condo Community</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<style>
body{
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
</style>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#FF0000"
ALINK="#000088">
. . . . and yeah, thank god for bulletin board forums.
On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 9:50:22 AM UTC-7, DavidWeinberger wrote:
>
> Nori,
>
> If you want to include it in the *.html file, you *could* put it after
> <body> -- that'll work at least in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari (I didn't
> try that Windows browser) -- but it *should* go between the <head> and
> the </head> tags.
>
> I feel odd using the word "should" since part of my reaction to your
> original question is: if you're more comfortable inserting formatting
> commands directly into HTML tags, go ahead; it's likely that browsers are
> going to continue to support deprecated markup because they don't want the
> pages they display to look broken compared to how they look in other
> browsers.
>
> But since you seem interested in learning CSS, I'd encourage you to do so.
>
> - It makes it easier to change your mind: alter the definition of "p"
> once in your CSS and all instances will update. (Put a page's CSS
> definitions into its own file and by altering that file you can alter the
> look of multiple pages all at once.)
>
> - It is intellectually elegant for it makes clear the distinctions
> between content, structure, and format.
>
> - It's modern, so you don't have to worry (as much) about your code
> breaking once the syntax of your font stylings goes the way of the <blink>
> tag.
>
>
> Once you get started with CSS, you'll discover all the ways it's
> inelegant, or at least a pain in the butt, or at least counter-intuitive.
> But that's why we have search engines and friendly conversational forums.
>
> Enjoy your exploration!
>
> David W.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Nori Muster <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Thanks David - this may be a good alternative to learning CSS like
>> everyone else recommended, but maybe it's about time I learn CSS anyway.
>> Oh computers - why do you challenge me all the time?
>> Thank you for the code, Ill try it. Does <style> go up there above or
>> below <body>? I'm guessing just below <body>.
>> Nori
>>
>>
>> On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 7:20:20 AM UTC-7, DavidWeinberger wrote:
>>>
>>> To save a click:
>>>
>>> To put style info into the HTML doc itself, in the <head> section you'd
>>> add something like this:
>>>
>>> <style>
>>> body{
>>> font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
>>> }
>>> </style>
>>>
>>> (The san-serif provides an alternative for browsers that don't have the
>>> Helvetica font installed, which will be approximately 0% of browsers, I
>>> believe.)
>>>
>>> David W.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 9:43:55 PM UTC-4, Jean-Christophe Helary
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 16, 2018, at 9:53, Nori Muster <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I know how to set a typeface using <font face=“helvetica”> </font>
>>>> But is there a way to change the whole document at the same time, like
>>>> to put helvetica in the <body> line?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, it is a technology that's called CSS (cascading style sheets) and
>>>> it's been around for a very long time.
>>>>
>>>> You may want to check the W3schools tutorials to get up to speed:
>>>> https://www.w3schools.com/Css/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jean-Christophe Helary
>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>> http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune
>>>>
>>>>
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