Break Free of Standard Web Fonts

Arial, Helvetica, Times, Courier, Georgia, Verdana, and Geneva. You know these fonts well because you see them every time you launch your Web browser.

The Google Web API allows you to include new font families in your Web applications. It’s easy to use. Simply include a short line of code in your application defining the font:

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Tangerine' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

Then, you can define tags or inline formatting using the defined font.

body { font-family: ‘Tangerine’, serif; }

Because the fonts are rarely seen online, this is a quick way to create content that’s more likely to be noticed. The Google Font API works with the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer browsers. (RN)

Using Open Source Fonts from Google | All Web Design Fonts | 25 June 2010

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