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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Web Fonts with @font-face

Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
7,747 Points
Posted by Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
7,747 Points

Downloaded web fonts

Hi, I'm trying to add some fonts to a web page and would like to add some fonts that I downloaded how can I do that please?

1 Answer

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

You're off to a good start knowing you should use @font-face! The basic syntax is:

@font-face {
  font-family: 'name-you-give-your-font';
  src: url(/path-to-your-font/font.otf);
}

Now to use this font on your site, you use font-family:

body {
  font-family: 'name-you-give-your-font', sans-serif;
}

Note, I put it on the body element, but you can use it wherever best fits your project. Also, it's a good idea to have a fallback font. In the example above the fallback font is sans-serif.

Hopefully this clears things up for you!

Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
7,747 Points
Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
7,747 Points

Thanks I've managed :) was a bit confused since the fonts are on my computer not on the net.

B.B. Groeneveld
B.B. Groeneveld
2,826 Points

Hey Matthew, I see you are using an .otf file. Guil doesn't mark this file. Is it appropiate to use this or should we only use eot's, woff's and ttf's as in the video?

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

Technically you can use whatever gets the job done. But probably a good idea to stick with a format Guil recommends if possible.