Begin forwarded message: From: Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> Subject: Re: [css-d] font-family declaring Date: September 29, 2015 5:46:37 AM CDT To: "CSS-D (css-d@lists.css-discuss.org)" <css-d@lists.css-discuss.org>
On Sep 29, 2015, at 1:59 AM, Philippe Wittenbergh <e...@l-c-n.com> wrote: > >> On Sep 29, 2015, at 12:27, Crest Christopher <crestchristop...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> When using @font-family is it placed within the rule as such; >> >> <html tag> {@font-family {font-family properties} } ? > > Hmm, there is no such thing as a @font-family at-rule⦠> Do you mean the font-family property, which takes a list of font-families as > value and that you can declare on any selector you want. > Or do you mean the @font-face at-rule, which is used to link to a > downloadable font ? You don't declare that on any element or selector. It is > a sort of container block that at minimum contains a source for the font and > a descriptor > @font-face { > font-family: 'my ugly font'; /* descriptor */ > src: url(/path/to/my-ugly-font.woff) format('woff'); > } > (I usually insert that near the top of my stylesheets, but it can go any > place) > > Philippe > -- > Philippe Wittenbergh Let me try that one more time.. thanks Philippe. And to further answer, it would be more appropriate to do... <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> @font-face { font-family: 'my ugly font'; src: url('/path/to/my-ugly-font.woff') format('woff'); } html { font-family: 'my ugly font'; } </style> </head> <body> (...stuff...) </body> </html> Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/