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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Pick Fonts and Set Relative Units

Posted by Bryan uwanaka
Bryan uwanaka
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i am very confused about fonts. Why do we have to put the ('') for some and not for others?

i am very confused about fonts. Why do we have to put the ('') for some and not for others?

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Tim Acker
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Tim Acker
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I believe you only have to put quotes around fonts that include spaces in their names.

Jason Anello
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Robert Homan
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fonts that involve two words rather than one need commas.

ex: "Times New Roman", "Arial Black", "Comic Sans MS"