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Nik Oaks
8,056 PointsWhy do we use an apostrophe instead of quotation marks when referring the the font-family.
I am curious as to why we do this instead of formatting it with quotation marks like everything else.
2 Answers
Rohald van Merode
Treehouse StaffHi Nik Oaks 👋
Great question! You can use either an apostrophe or the quotation marks. Both will be working exactly the same and it's a matter of personal prefference which one you're using 😄
James Tickett
12,229 PointsI had a little Google for this before checking the questions on here, and I found a really handy answer from somewhere else on Team Treehouse!
"The quote types are interchangeable, as long as they are used in matching pairs.
But it is a good practice to use one type consistently. Some style guides indicate a preference for one or the other, usually double quote (").
Google style guide recommends double quotes (") for HTML, and single(') for CSS. But then they're not totally consistent with that even in their own documentation.
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So it seems either is fine but best practice is single quotes for CSS, and double for HTML.