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Designing and Crafting Core Pages Part II
Font Categories
The W3C and some Web browsers recognize five main categories of fonts. Although serif and sans serif are
most commonly used, the most recent versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator support all
five generic font categories. In some browsers, the user can control which fonts display for each category.
As illustrated in the following figure, the generic font categories include
n Serif: These fonts are distinguished by serifs, small cross-strokes that appear at the ends of the main
strokes of each character. Serif fonts tend to be slightly easier to read on paper, but more difficult
to read when viewed on a screen. You may want to limit use of serif fonts to headings or small
blocks of text, unless your document is meant to be printed. Examples of serif fonts include Times
New Roman, MS Georgia, and Garamond.
Selecting a font
The process for assigning a font name to a range of text is similar to that of assigning a font size or color.
Instead of selecting one font name, however, you??™re usually selecting one font series. That series could contain
three or more fonts as previously explained. Font series are chosen from the Font list in the CSS Rule
Definition dialog??™s Text category, the Property inspector, or through a menu item.
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