I am attempting to get a custom font.
When I try, the font doesn't work and it uses custom Times new Roman.
This is my code in the style sheet:
@font-face {
font-family: "ARBONNIE";
src: url(Custom/ARBONNIE.ttf);
}
font {
font-family: "ARBONNIE";
}
But, when I view the website, the custom font is not shown.
It's the correct directory and everything. Please help :(
Your use of @font-face
is not compatible with all browsers. A useful tool for generating cross-browser @font-face
code is here: Font Squirrel @font-face
Generator. That generator will give you all of the files you need as well as a complete example that you can use to test in various browsers.
Ultimately on your page, your CSS will look something like this:
@font-face {
font-family: 'BitstreamVeraSerifBold';
src: url('verasebd-webfont.eot');
src: url('verasebd-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('verasebd-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('verasebd-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('verasebd-webfont.svg#BitstreamVeraSerifBold') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
.custom-font {
font-family: 'BitstreamVeraSerifBold';
}
Note that I'm using the font BitstreamVeraSerifBold
here, with the font files in the same directory as the CSS file.
And in your HTML:
<span class="custom-font">Your text here</span>
Are you using it for the entire website?
where you put "font { }" is where you should assign the font whether it is a div,a,p,span,body,etc.
So try body { font-family: "ARBONNIE"; }
hope it helps.
I see two potential issues:
@font-face is only supported in certain browsers and with certain font types
IE9 supports @font-face for .eot fonts
IE8 and earlier do not support @font-face
Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari support @font-face for *.ttf and *.otf fonts
Are you testing this in IE? The *.ttf won't work.
Second possible issue - try doing this without the word "font" as a selector. Either use a unique selector or assign it to the body or p selectors
edit - saw you want this for one area. Pick a new selector, use the font style like this:
@font-face {
font-family: "ARBONNIE";
src: url("Custom/ARBONNIE.ttf");}
ArbFont {font:16pt "Arbonnie";}
Then change your html to use the new selector such as this:
<div id="ArbFont">This is in Arbonnie</div>