- Overview
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- Managing fonts
- Creating a set of fonts
- Importing a font
Set of fonts (WEBDEV site)
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The browser support the most common fonts by default: Arial, Verdana, ... WEBDEV gives you the ability to use custom fonts that differ from the ones proposed by default. Managing fonts When creating or modifying a style, you have the ability to select a font among the standard fonts. You also have the ability to select new fonts. These fonts can come from: - the development computer (these fonts have been installed on your computer in Windows).
- a download operation (downloaded Google fonts for example).
Creating a set of fonts To add a set of fonts: - Open the window for managing styles ("Style" tab of control description).
- In the "Fonts" area, click the "..." button:
- The window for font management is displayed. This window presents the existing sets of fonts.
- Click "New" to create a new set of fonts.
- In the wizard that starts, you must select the different fonts that make up the set of fonts. You can:
- select a downloadable font. This font will be automatically downloaded to the user's computer.
- select a system font, which will only be displayed if it is installed on the user's computer. If this option is selected, you must then select the desired font.
- select a generic font, which will be available for all browsers. Remark: This type of font is mandatory in a set of fonts. Thus, the text will be displayed regardless of the user's computer.
- Select the desired font type and then the font to be added to the set of fonts.
- The window with the different fonts of the set is displayed. You can:
- Add a new font (
 ). The wizard starts again. - Delete the selected font (
 ). - Change the order of the fonts (using the arrows
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- Validate the window for creating the set of fonts.
- Validate the window for managing the sets of fonts. The selected set of fonts is applied to the current style.
Importing a font To import a new font: - In the window for managing sets of fonts, click "New".
- In the wizard that starts, select "Downloadable font". Go to the next step of the wizard.
- In the window that appears, click "Import a font".
- The font import wizard starts.
- Select the mode for importing the font:
- Import a Google Web Fonts font:
- The wizard proposes the list of Google fonts to import.
- Select the requested fonts. You have the ability to view a sample of the font by double-clicking its name.
- Validate. The fonts are downloaded and installed on the current computer.
- Import a font from files: The wizard allows you to select the files corresponding to the different formats of the font:
- True Type file
- Embedded Open Type file
- Web Open Format file
- Scalable Vector Graphics file
- Validate. The selected fonts are installed.
Remarks: - Make sure that the files used for the the fonts are free of rights or that you have a license allowing you to distribute them.
- If you import a font and create a set of fonts, the files corresponding to this font are copied into the "<Project_name>_WEB\Styles\fonts" subdirectory. Therefore, they will be automatically taken into account when installing the site.
Caution: Set of fonts containing imported fonts:
Before using a downloaded font, it must be integrated into a set of similar fonts. If the set of fonts contains only the downloadable font, the following case may occur: if the font is not found on the browser: - the Times font is displayed by default while the requested font is downloaded.
- if the font cannot be downloaded, the Times font is still displayed.
To avoid displaying an unwanted font, it is advisable to create a set of fonts containing the following elements: - the fonts to download,
- one or more substitution fonts corresponding to the fonts of main systems,
- one or more fonts corresponding to the most common fonts,
- the associated type of font families. The list of types of font families is as follows:
- "cursive": handwritten style,
- "fantasy": like Impact,
- "monospace" like Courier,
- "sans-serif" like Arial,
- "serif" like Times.
If the first font is not found, the first one found in the list and on the computer will be used. Example: The following set of fonts is defined: "Open Sans, Segoe UI, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif". If the "Open Sans" font is not found, the "Segoe UI" font will be used, otherwise the Arial or Helvetica font will be used. These fonts are well-know fonts to have correct alternatives. If these two fonts are not found, the first available font without serif will be used. |
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