Dreamweaver enables you
to assign any font on your system??”or even any font you can name??”to a font series, as covered in the
section ???Editing the Font List,??? later in this chapter.
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n Sans serif: These fonts are without serifs, meaning that the letters do not have finishing strokes
at the tops and bottoms. Sans serif fonts are easier to read on a screen, and so they are a good
choice for large blocks of text within a Web page. Sans serif fonts found on many computers
include Arial, Helvetica, and Verdana.
n Monospace: The distinguishing characteristic of monospace fonts is that all their characters are
the same width. These fonts are typically used to depict code samples or in other circumstances
that require characters to be precisely aligned. Commonly used monospace fonts
include Courier and Courier New.
n Fantasy: The characters in these fonts are highly decorative, but still represent letters and numbers
(as opposed to pictures or symbols). As with Cursive fonts, you may not want to use these
for large blocks of text, but rather employ them to lend emphasis or to set the tone for a page.
Examples of Fantasy fonts include Curlz MT, Critter, and Jokerman.
n Cursive: These fonts simulate writing in long hand, with strokes joining adjacent letters in a
word.
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